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Noun: protasis (protases)  pró-tu-sis
  1. A proposition; a maxim
     
  2. The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis
     
  3. The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; - opposed to apodosis

Derived forms: protases

Encyclopedia: Protasis

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