protasis

prŏtăsis, is, f., = πρότασις.

• An assertion, proposition (pure Lat. effatum), Ap. Dogm. Plat. p. 29.—
• II The beginning or first part of a play, Don. Ter. And. praef.

protasis, Akk. in, f. (πρότασις), I) der Ausspruch, Satz, rein lat. effatum, Ps. Apul. de dogm. Plat. 3. p. 262 H. – II) der Eingang eines dramatischen Stückes (Ggstz. epitasis, catastrophe, ἐπίτασις u. καταστροφή), Donat. de comoed. p. XVIII, 8 u. 18 ed. Klotz (in Terent. comoed. vol. I.) u. Donat. argum. ad Ter. Andr. (prol. 1.) p. 3, 15 ed. Klotz.

protasis [LL =assertion, proposition < πρότασις] , clause that expresses the condition in a conditional sentence (as dist. from the concluding clause or apodosis). in qua figura notandum est solere eleganter cum ~asibus apodoses misceri Linacre Emend. Lat. xviii.

prŏtăsis, is, f. (πρότασις), protase, exposition [dʼune pièce de théâtre] Don. Andr. prol. 1.