Definition of Protases
||Prot"a*sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;,
fr. &?; to stretch before, forward; &?; before + &?; to stretch.]
1. A proposition; a maxim.
Johnson.
2. (Gram.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the antecedent in a conditional sentence
example: In, "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "this weather holds up" is the protasis
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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