πρότασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

προτείνω (proteínō, “I stretch forth”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πρότᾰσῐς • (prótasis) f (genitive προτᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. putting forward; that which is put forward
  2. (in logic) proposition
  3. (in grammar) hypothetical clause of the sentence, answered by the apodosis
  4. question proposed, problem
  5. the earlier part of a dramatic poem, opposed to the epitasis and catastrophe
  6. a proposal, proposition

Declension
Third declension of ἡ πρότᾰσῐς; τῆς προτᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πρότᾰσῐς
hē prótasis		 τὼ προτᾰ́σει
tṑ protásei		 αἱ προτᾰ́σεις
hai protáseis
Genitive τῆς προτᾰ́σεως
tês protáseōs		 τοῖν προτᾰσέοιν
toîn protaséoin		 τῶν προτᾰ́σεων
tôn protáseōn
Dative τῇ προτᾰ́σει
têi protásei		 τοῖν προτᾰσέοιν
toîn protaséoin		 ταῖς προτᾰ́σεσῐ / προτᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs protásesi(n)
Accusative τὴν πρότᾰσῐν
tḕn prótasin		 τὼ προτᾰ́σει
tṑ protásei		 τᾱ̀ς προτᾰ́σεις
tā̀s protáseis
Vocative πρότᾰσῐ
prótasi		 προτᾰ́σει
protásei		 προτᾰ́σεις
protáseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • προτατικός (protatikós)

Descendants
  • → Latin: protasis

See also

Further reading
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