Word of the Day:
protasis
What It Means
The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.
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.
Protasis in Context
“It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.”
Did You Know?
From Late Latin protasis, from Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis), from προτείνω (proteínō, “put forward, tender, propose”), from πρό (pró) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).
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