Word: arsis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ar
sis
Definition: The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
Morphemes:
Affix: arsis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: αἴρω
Language: grc
Decoded: airo
Meaning: raise, lift, elevate
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process