ἄρσις

A. raising or lifting, τῶν σκελῶν Arist. IA 711b25; πᾶσα πορεία ἐξ ἄρσεως καὶ θέσεως συντελεῖται Id. Pr. 885b6; βοῶν, as an athletic feat, IG 2.471.78 (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 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, OGI 315.59(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.