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/ === Noun === protasis (plural protases) The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced. (logic, grammar) A clause that expresses a contingent element in a conditional sentence. Synonyms: antecedent, conditional, hypothesis, implicans Coordinate terms: apodosis, implicate, implicand 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"). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Psariots, prosaist == Dutch == === Etymology === Ultimately derived from Late 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, no diminutive) protasis, dependent clause of a conditional sentence === See also === voorzin == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprɔ.ta.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.ta.s̬is] === Noun === protasis f (genitive protasis); third declension (Late Latin) (logic) an assertion, proposition the beginning or first part of a play ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Synonyms ==== (assertion, proposition): effātum (pure Latin) ==== Related terms ==== 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.