apodosis
the clause expressing the consequence in a conditional sentence, often beginning with then, as “then I will” in “If you go, then I will.”: Compare protasis (def. 1).
Origin of apodosis
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How to use apodosis in a sentence
What are we to suppose the suppressed apodosis of the proposition?
The apodosis (qu'est-ce que je ferais) is omitted and only the protasis is expressed.
Contes Franais | Douglas Labaree BuffumPositing what protasis would the contraction for such several schemes become a natural and necessary apodosis?
Ulysses | James JoyceThe apodosis of an implied condition: 'If you prayed for me, the fire would rise'.
The Last Poems of Ovid | OvidThe Subjunctive in the apodosis of conditional sentences of this type is of the Potential variety.
New Latin Grammar | Charles E. Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for apodosis
/ (əˈpɒdəsɪs) /
logic grammar the consequent of a conditional statement, as the game will be cancelled in if it rains the game will be cancelled: Compare protasis
Origin of apodosis
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