ἄρσις

ἄρσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] αἴρω)

A raising or lifting,

τῶν σκελῶν Arist.IA711b25

;

πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται Id.Pr.885b6

; βοῶν, as an athletic feat, IG2.471.78 (pl.);

μηχανήματος Plb.8.4.6

; taking up, examination,

δειγμάτων POxy.708.5

, 18 (ii A. D.); plucking, pulling up of a herb, PMag.Par.1.2977.

b distillation,

ὕδατος Ps.-Democr.

ap.Zos.Alch.p.152 B.; sublimation, νεφέλης ibid.

2 (from [voice] Pass.) rising,

κυμάτων Arist.Mu.396a26

.

3 that which is lifted, burden, LXX 4 Ki.8.9, al.; that which is taken, ἄ. βασιλέως portion from the king's table, ib.2 Ki.19.42, cf.11.8.

4 dignity, Aq.Ge.49.3.

II removal,

τὴν <ἐκ> θαλάττης ἄ. [τῶν κητῶν] D.S.3.41

;

ἀκανθῶν POxy. 909.25

(iii A. D.);

τριχῶν Dsc.5.146

.

2 taking away, removal, abolition, dub. in Arist.Metaph.1019b16;

τοῦ ὄντος Plu.2.1130a

;

τοῦ φόβου Metrod.Herc.831.16

.

b Gramm., omission, e.g. of the reduplication, Rh.3.566 W.

3 negation, Phld.Sign.14, Procl.in Prm.p.850 S.; opp. θέσις, S.E.P.1.192, cf. Plot.5.5.6; = στέρησις, Id.2.4.13.

4 destruction, ruin, OGI315.59(Pessinus, ii B. C.).

III raising of the foot in beating time, opp. θέσις, downward beat, Aristox. Rhyth.12.17, D.H.Dem.48, Aristid.Quint.1.13, Luc.Harm.I, etc.

IV ἄρσις· ζύμη, Hsch.