PROTASIS


Meaning of PROTASIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprä-tə-səs ]

noun

( plural prot·a·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, premise of a syllogism, conditional clause, from proteinein to stretch out before, put forward, from pro- + teinein to stretch — more at thin

Date: circa 1568

1. : the introductory part of a play or narrative poem

2. : the subordinate clause of a conditional sentence — compare apodosis

• pro·tat·ic prä-ˈta-tik, prō- adjective

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