protasis
noun
prot·a·sis
| \ ˈprä-tə-səs
\
\
plural protases\ ˈprä-tə-ˌsēz
\
\
Definition of protasis
1
: the introductory part of a play or narrative poem
2
: the subordinate clause of a conditional sentence — compare apodosis
Other Words from protasis
protatic
\ prä-ˈta-tik
, prō- \
adjective
, prō- \
adjective
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