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protasis Definition


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protasis
noun
    protases
    1. grammar.logic.
      The conditional clause of a conditional sentence, eg in If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? the part before the comma is the protasis. Compare apodosis.
Etymology: 17c: Greek, meaning ‘premise' or ‘the first part of a drama'.



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