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ἄρσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρσις ἄρσεως

Structure: ἀρσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ai)/rw

Sense

  1. raising, elevation

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα εὖ ποιῶν ἐδιδάξω με ἤδη, ἁρμόσασθαι τὸν αὐλὸν ἐσ τὸ ἀκριβὲσ καὶ ἐμπνεῖν ἐσ τὴν γλωσσίδα λεπτόν τι καὶ ἐμμελὲσ καὶ ὑποβάλλειν τοὺσ δακτύλουσ εὐαφῶσ ὑπὸ πυκνῇ τῇ ἄρσει καὶ θέσει καὶ βαίνειν ἐν ῥυθμῷ καὶ σύμφωνα εἶναι τὰ μέλη πρὸσ τὸν χορὸν καὶ τῆσ ἁρμονίασ ἑκάστησ διαφυλάττειν τὸ ἴδιον, τῆσ Φρυγίου τὸ ἔνθεον, τῆσ Λυδίου τὸ Βακχικόν, τῆσ Δωρίου τὸ σεμνόν, τῆσ Ιὠνικῆσ τὸ γλαφυρόν. (Lucian, Harmonides 1:3)
  • τὸ γὰρ τῆσ τε ἁρμονίασ τὸ ἀκριβέστατον διαφυλάττειν, ὡσ μὴ παραβαίνειν τι τοῦ ῥυθμοῦ, ἀλλ’ εὐκαίρῳ τῇ ἄρσει καὶ θέσει διαμεμετρῆσθαι τὸ ᾆσμα καὶ συνῳδὸν εἶναι τὴν κιθάραν καὶ ὁμοχρονεῖν τῇ γλώττῃ τὸ πλῆκτρον, καὶ τὸ εὐαφὲσ τῶν δακτύλων καὶ τὸ εὐκαμπὲσ τῶν μελῶν, πόθεν ἂν ταῦτα ὑπῆρχε τῷ Θρᾳκὶ ἐκείνῳ καὶ τῷ ἀνὰ τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα μεταξὺ βουκολοῦντι καὶ κιθαρίζειν μελετῶντι; (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 14:2)
  • οὗτοσ δὲ γίγνεται ῥυθμόσ, εἴτε ἀπὸ δυεῖν ἀρξάμενοσ συνίστασθαι βραχειῶν, ὥσπερ οἰόνταί τινεσ καὶ καλοῦσι τὸν οὕτωσ κατασκευασθέντα ῥυθμὸν ἡγεμόνα, πρῶτον ἔχοντα λόγον τῶν ἴσων ἄρσει τε καὶ θέσει χρόνων, εἴτε ἀπὸ τριῶν βραχειῶν, ὡσ τοῖσ περὶ Ἀριστόξενον ἔδοξεν, ὃσ ἐν τῷ διπλασίῳ κατεσκεύασται λόγῳ πρῶτον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 483)
  • οἶμαι δὲ καὶ τὸ αἴρειν καὶ τὸ ἀνοίγειν οὐκ ἀπὸ τρόπου τῇ τῶν χειλῶν ἀνοίξει καὶ ἄρσει, καθ’ ἣν οὗτοσ ἐκπίπτει τοῦ στόματοσ ὁ φθόγγοσ, ὠνομάσθαι διὸ καὶ τὰ τῶν ἀφώνων γραμμάτων ὀνόματα πλὴν ἑνὸσ ἅπαντα προσχρῆται τῷ ἄλφα καθάπερ φωτὶ τῆσ περὶ αὐτὰ τυφλότητοσ · (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 10:6)

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