Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of the elevation of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word, usually the part of the word or phrase upon which the stress or accent falls.

  2. (not comparable)Of the part of the metrical foot upon which such an elevation falls.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From arsis + -ic.

From arsis + -ic.

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedpentarsic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
arsic — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto