"It is assumed that the element in metre which goes, in works of different writers, under the name of ictus metricus, or of arsis, is the same as accent, in the sense of that word in English.
"The English Language"
Robert Gordon Latham
1. It was essential to the character of the senarius that the sixth syllable, or latter half of the third foot, should have an arsis, ictus metricus, or accent in the English sense.
"The English Language"
Robert Gordon Latham
Men who have yielded it are like cavalry put on the defensive; a very small force with an ictus will scatter them.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith