...Be/Arfe* aoiuf ¿peáfetf • — UU, — UU I — ^ Ou-, - — 1 — - , UU — — I UU — , ""• 12. That part of a foot, which receives the Ictus, the stress of the rythm (the beat of the time) is called .arsis or Elevation. To denote it the common acute accent is...

...this belongs to the minuter acquaintance with versification. in a more limited I. That part of the Foot which receives the Ictus, the stress of the Rhythm,...(the beat of the Time), is called Arsis, or Elevation ; the rest of the Foot is called Thesis or Deprf.stion. The natural Arsis is the long syllable of the...

...and by the * ClauicelJournal, vol. 3. p. 39. seqq. t That part of a foot which receives the icttu, the stress of the rhythm, (the beat of the time) is called l^nt, or, deration. The rest of the foot is called 3w«, or, depretfion. Marius Victorinus informs...

...recitals occasions syllables to be lengthened, and some to be even dissolved. The arsis is that syllable of a foot which receives the ictus, the stress of the rhythm, and is so called from al'go), to raise ; for, in the theatres, the regulator of the music raised his...

...to ascertain what feet are thus interchangsable, recourse must be had to the arsis and thesis. III. That part of a foot which receives the Ictus, the stress of the voice, or beat of the time, is called arsis, or elevation. The rest of the foot is termed thesis, or...