raising
ἄρσις,εως,ἡ, (αἴρω)
A. raisingorlifting,
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 upof a herb, PMag.Par. 1.2977 .
b. distillation,
ὕδατος
Ps.-Democr.
ap.Zos.Alch. p.152
B. ;sublimation, νεφέληςibid.
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 portionfrom 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 footin 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.
