protasis
Grammar. the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if.: Compare apodosis.
the first part of an ancient drama, in which the characters are introduced and the subject is proposed.: Compare catastasis, catastrophe (def. 4), epitasis.
(in Aristotelian logic) a proposition, especially one used as a premise in a syllogism.
Origin of protasis
1Words Nearby protasis
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How to use protasis in a sentence
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 JoyceIt is a protasis of the complex order, as M. Lysidas used to say.
A Tour Through The Pyrenees | Hippolyte Adolphe TaineIt went off, as G. assured M., exactly as the opening act of a piece—the protasis—should do.
It is the custom of lovers to abuse of the gorgiaques figures from the very protasis and exordium.
British Dictionary definitions for protasis
/ (ˈprɒtəsɪs) /
logic grammar the antecedent of a conditional statement, such as it rains in if it rains the game will be cancelled: Compare apodosis
(in classical drama) the introductory part of a play
Origin of protasis
1Derived forms of protasis
- protatic (prɒˈtætɪk), adjective
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