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)
- 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.
- (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.
- 2005 B. P. Bairan: An Introduction to Syllogistic Logic
- Every conditional statement is made up of two component statements. The component statement that follows the "if" is called antecedent (or the "implicans" or — rarely — the "protasis"), and the component statement that follows the "then" is the "consequent"(or the "implicate" or — rarely — 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
See also
- voorzin
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ta.sis/, [ˈprɔt̪äs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ta.sis/, [ˈprɔːt̪äs̬is]
Noun
protasis f (genitive protasis); third declension
- (logic) an assertion, proposition
- 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)
Related terms
- protaticus
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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