protasis

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.

   “It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.”

2. isim A clause that expresses a contingent element in a conditional sentence.

   “In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "if this weather holds up" is the protasis, and "I will be coming" is the apodosis.”