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protases

protases is the plural of protasis.

Meaning of protasis

Noun

protasis (plural protases)

  1. The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.
    • It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
  2. 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.

Questions about protases

What is protases the plural of?
Protases is the plural of protasis.

Words near protases in the dictionary

  1. protarsal
  2. protarsi
  3. protarsomere
  4. protarsomeres
  5. protarsus
  6. protases
  7. protasis
  8. protasite
  9. protaspid
  10. protaspides
  11. protaspids

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