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Webster 1913 Edition
Protasis
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Prot′a-sis
(prŏt′ȧ-sĭs)
, Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
πρότασις
, fr. προτείνειν
to stretch before, forward; πρό
before + τείνειν
to stretch.] 1.
A proposition; a maxim.
Johnson.
2.
(Gram.)
The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; – opposed to
apodosis
. See Apodosis
. 3.
The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to
epitasis
. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Protasis
PRO'TASIS
,Noun.
1.
A proposition; a maxim.2.
In the ancient drama, the first part of a comic or tragic piece, in which the several persons are shown, their characters intimated, and the subject proposed and entered on. The protasis might extend to two acts, where it ended, and the epitasis commenced.Definition 2024
protasis
protasis
English
Noun
protasis (plural protases)
- the first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- (logic, grammar) the antecedent in a conditional sentence
- In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "this weather holds up" is the protasis
Synonyms
- (logic, grammar): antecedent, conditional, hypothesis
See also
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ta.sis/, [ˈprɔ.ta.sɪs]
Noun
protasis f (genitive protasis); third declension
- (logic) an assertion, proposition
- the beginning or first part of a play
Declension
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | protasis | protasēs |
| genitive | protasis | protasium |
| dative | protasī | protasibus |
| accusative | protasem | protasēs |
| ablative | protase | protasibus |
| vocative | protasis | protasēs |
Synonyms
- (assertion, proposition): effātum (pure Latin)
Related terms
- protaticus
Descendants
References
- prŏtăsis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prŏtăsis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,264/3.