LAT

Lewis Short

thĕsis (noun 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.
* In prosody, the falling of the voice, the thesis (opp. arsis), Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 974 and 985.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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