different between protases vs protasis

English

Noun

protases

1. plural of protasis

Anagrams

• Pastores, portases, seaports

Dutch

Noun

protases

1. plural of protasis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pro.ta.se?s/, [?p??t?äs?e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pro.ta.ses/, [?p???t??s??s]

Noun

protas?s f

1. nominative plural of protasis
2. accusative plural of protasis
3. vocative plural of protasis

English

Etymology

From Late Latin protasis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (prótasis), from ???????? (proteín?, “put forward, tender, propose”), from ??? (pró) + ????? (teín?, “stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??t?s?s/

Noun

protasis (plural protases)

1. The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced
2. (logic, grammar) 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

Synonyms

• (logic, grammar): antecedent, conditional, hypothesis

See also

• apodosis
• epitasis
• catastasis
• catastrophe

Anagrams

• Psariots, prosaist

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin protasis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (prótasis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro??ta?.s?s/
• Hyphenation: pro?ta?sis

Noun

protasis f (plural protases)

1. protasis, dependent clause of a conditional sentence

See also

• voorzin

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???????? (prótasis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pro.ta.sis/, [?p??t?äs??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pro.ta.sis/, [?p???t??s?is]

Noun

protasis f (genitive protasis); third declension

1. (logic) an assertion, proposition
2. the beginning or first part of a play

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Synonyms

• (assertion, proposition): eff?tum (pure Latin)

Related terms

• protaticus

Descendants

• English: protasis
• Italian: protasi

References

• pr?t?sis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pr?t?sis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,264/3