- protatic
- adjective see protasis
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
protatic
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Protatic — Pro*tat ic, a. [Gr. protatiko s: cf. L. protaticus, F. protatique.] Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
protatic — See protasis. * * * … Universalium
protatic — adjective Of or pertaining to protasis … Wiktionary
protatic — pro·tat·ic … English syllables
protatic — … Useful english dictionary
protasis — noun (plural protases) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, premise of a syllogism, conditional clause, from proteinein to stretch out before, put forward, from pro + teinein to stretch more at thin Date: circa 1568 1. the introductory part of a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
protasis — n. introductory and explanatory part of drama; subordinate clause in conditional sentence. ♦ protatic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
protasis — n. (pl. protases) the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence. Derivatives: protatic adj. Etymology: L, f. Gk protasis proposition (as PRO (2), teino stretch) … Useful english dictionary
protatically — adverb see protatic … Useful english dictionary
