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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ Οὐρίᾳ. κατάβηθι εἰσ τὸν οἶκόν σου καὶ νίψαι τοὺσ πόδασ σου. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Οὐρίασ ἐξ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέωσ, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἄρσισ τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 11:8)
  • ὥσπερ οὐδ’ ἡ φθορὰ τοῦ ὄντοσ ἄρσισ εἰσ τὸ μὴ ὄν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εἰσ τὸ ἄδηλον ἀπαγωγὴ τοῦ διαλυθέντοσ. (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 6 4:1)
  • δὲ ὀλίγων ἔτι προσδεῖται, εἴ γε ἀληθὲσ ἐκεῖνό φησιν ἡ διαλεκτική, ὡσ τῶν ἀμέσων ἡ θατέρου ἄρσισ τὸ ἕτερον πάντωσ ἀντεισάγει. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 32 1:1)
  • ἄγονοσ ἐξ ἀγόνων, βελεηφόροσ, ἔμβρεφοσ, ἄρσισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1111)

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