1) Maxim
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1) Opening lines of a drama
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In drama, a protasis is the introductory part of a play, usually its first act. The term was coined by the fourth-century Roman grammarian Aelius Donatus. He defined a play as being made up of three separate parts, the other two being epitasis and catastrophe. In modern dramatic theory the term dramatic arc has substantially the same meaning,{fact...
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first clause in a conditional expression; introductory part of a play
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• (n.) A proposition; a maxim. • (n.) The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis. • (n.) The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis.
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Prot'a·sis noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to stretch before, forward; ... before + ... to stretch.]
1. A proposition; a maxim.
Johnson. 2. (Gram.) The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to
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(Gr. protasis, placed first) In Aristotle's logic a proposition, more particularly a proposition used as a premiss in a syllogism. -- G.R.M.
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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.
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