arsis
/ˈɑːsɪs
/noun (plural arses /ˈɑːsiːz/) Prosody
A stressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse. Often contrasted with thesis (sense 3).Comparable to the inversion of geometric patterns, a melodic line could be played in reverse order (temporal thesis) or inverted and presented as the mirror image of the original (temporal arsis).
Origin
Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, literally 'lifting', from airein 'raise'.
- take something lying down
- take something off
- take something on
- take something on board
- take something out
- take something out on
- take something over
- take something personally
- take something to heart
- take something to the next level
- take something under advisement
- take something up
- take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt
- take stock
- take that!
- take the air
- take the biscuit (or take the cake)
- take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the chair
- take the chequered flag
- take the chill off
- take the count
- take the easy way out