ἄρσις

Ancient Greek

From αἴρω (aírō, “raise, lift, elevate”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

ᾰ̓́ρσῐς • (ắrsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓́ρσεως or ᾰ̓́ρσῐος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ρσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓́ρσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́ρσῐς hē ắrsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρσει tṑ ắrsei	αἱ ᾰ̓́ρσεις hai ắrseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́ρσεως tês ắrseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρσέοιν toîn ărséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓́ρσεων tôn ắrseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́ρσει tēî ắrsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρσέοιν toîn ărséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́ρσεσῐ / ᾰ̓́ρσεσῐν taîs ắrsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́ρσῐν tḕn ắrsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρσει tṑ ắrsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́ρσεις tā̀s ắrseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ρσῐ ắrsĭ	ᾰ̓́ρσει ắrsei	ᾰ̓́ρσεις ắrseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ρσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓́ρσῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́ρσῐς hē ắrsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρσῐε tṑ ắrsĭe	αἱ ᾰ̓́ρσῐες hai ắrsĭes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́ρσῐος tês ắrsĭos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρσῐ́οιν toîn ărsĭ́oin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρσῐ́ων tôn ărsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́ρσῑ tēî ắrsī	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρσῐ́οιν toîn ărsĭ́oin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ᾰ̓́ρσῐσῐ / ᾰ̓́ρσῐσῐν tēîsĭ(n) ắrsĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́ρσῐν tḕn ắrsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρσῐε tṑ ắrsĭe	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́ρσῑς / ᾰ̓́ρσῐᾰς tā̀s ắrsīs / ắrsĭăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ρσῐ ắrsĭ	ᾰ̓́ρσῐε ắrsĭe	ᾰ̓́ρσῐες ắrsĭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

ᾰ̓́ρσῑς • (ắrsīs)

“ἄρσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄρσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄρσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄρσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
ἄρσις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften