PROTASIS
\pɹˈə͡ʊtɐsˌiz], \pɹˈəʊtɐsˌiz], \p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_t_ɐ_s_ˌi_z]\
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By Oddity Software
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A proposition; a maxim; the antecedent clause of a conditional proposition; the first part of an ancient drama, in which the audience were introduced to the characters and the plot.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In gram. and rhet., the first or subordinate member of a sentence, generally conditional the second being called the apodosis; in the anc. drama, the first part, containing an exposition of the subject.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Greek] A proposition ; a maxim ; the preliminary part of a regular sentence ; - the antecedent term of a proposition.
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