ἄρσις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἴρω (airō, “raise, lift, elevate”)

Noun

ἄρσις (genitive ἄρσεως) m, third declension; (arsis)

1. raising, elevation

References

ἄρσις in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940