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protasis

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROTASIS

n.[Gr. to present. ] 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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROTASIS

Prot "a *sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

 

1. A proposition; a maxim. Johnson.

 

2. (Gram. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

protasis

prot a sis |ˈprätəsəs ˈprɑdəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. protases |-ˌsēz | ) Grammar the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence (e.g., if you asked me in if you asked me I would agree ). Often contrasted with apodosis. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek protasis ‘proposition, ’ from pro ‘before ’ + teinein ‘to stretch. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

protasis

protasis |ˈprɒtəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. protases |-siːz | ) Grammar the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence (e.g. if you asked me in if you asked me I would agree ). Often contrasted with apodosis. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek protasis ‘proposition ’, from pro ‘before ’ + teinein ‘to stretch ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Protasis

Pro ta sis Substantiv, feminin , die |Pr o tasis |die Protasis; Genitiv: der Protasis, Plural: die Protasen griechisch-lateinisch 1 Sprachwissenschaft Vordersatz, besonders bedingender Gliedsatz eines Konditionalsatzes; Gegensatz Apodosis 2 der Epitasis vorangehende Einleitung eines dreiaktigen Dramas

 

Spanish Dictionary

prótasis

prótasis nombre femenino ling Parte de la oración condicional que expresa la condición o hipótesis y va introducida por la conjunción si ; es la proposición subordinada :en la oración ‘si vas al mercado, compra verduras y arroz ’, la prótasis es ‘si vas al mercado ’.El plural es prótasis .