protasis

English

Etymology

From Late Latin protasis, from Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis), from προτείνω (proteínō, put forward, tender, propose), from πρό (pró) + τείνω (teínō, stretch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒtəsɪs/
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Noun

protasis (plural protases)

  1. 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.
  2. (logic, grammar) A clause that expresses a contingent element in a conditional sentence
    In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "if this weather holds up" is the protasis, and "I will be coming" is the apodosis.
    Synonyms: antecedent, conditional, hypothesis, implicans
    Coordinate term: apodosis

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin protasis, from Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌproːˈtaː.sɪs/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ta‧sis

Noun

protasis f (plural protases)

  1. protasis, dependent clause of a conditional sentence

See also

  • voorzin

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis).

Pronunciation

Noun

protasis f (genitive protasis); third declension

  1. (logic) an assertion, proposition
  2. the beginning or first part of a play

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative protasis protasēs
Genitive protasis protasium
Dative protasī protasibus
Accusative protasem protasēs
protasīs
Ablative protase protasibus
Vocative protasis protasēs

Synonyms

  • (assertion, proposition): effātum (pure Latin)
  • protaticus

Descendants

  • English: protasis
  • Italian: protasi

References

  • prŏtăsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • prŏtăsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,264/3.
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