Meaning of protasis
Pronunciation: (prot'u-sis), [key]
— pl. -ses
- the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Cf.
- the first part of an ancient drama, in which the characters are introduced and the subject is proposed. Cf.(def. 4),
- (in Aristotelian logic) a proposition, esp. one used as a premise in a syllogism.