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thesis

thĕsis, is, f., = θέσις, in rhetoric,
  • a proposition, thesis (pure Lat. propositum), Quint. 3, 5, 11; 3, 5, 14; 2, 4, 24; 7, 10, 5; 12, 2, 25; Sen. Contr. prooem.—
  • II In prosody, the falling of the voice, the thesis (opp. arsis), Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 974 and 985.

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