protasis
protasis is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Gram.) The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis.
- 2.The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adage
- admitted
- antecedent
- aphorism
- aphoristic
- apophthegm
- apothegm
- assumption
- avant-courier
- axiom
- axiomatic
- belief
- bellwether
- byword
- common
- commonplace
- conclusion
- dawn
- dictum
- exordium
- fact
- faith
- first
- foreboding
- forerunner
- foreword
- formula
- frontispiece
- gnomic
- golden
- groundwork
- harbinger
- heading
- herald
- idea
- inaugural
- introduction
- introductory
- judgment
- leader
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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