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protasis

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɒtəsɪs/Sorted aioprsstStarts with PEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.

Word origin

From Late Latin protasis, from Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis), from προτείνω (proteínō, “put forward, tender, propose”), from πρό (pró) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).

Used in a sentence

  • It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.
  • 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.

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