πρότασις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

προτείνω (proteínō, “I stretch forth”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρότᾰσῐς • (prótasis) f (genitive προτᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. putting forward; that which is put forward
  2. (in logic) proposition
  3. (in grammar) hypothetical clause of the sentence, answered by the apodosis
  4. question proposed, problem
  5. the earlier part of a dramatic poem, opposed to the epitasis and catastrophe
  6. a proposal, proposition

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πρότᾰσῐς; τῆς προτᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πρότᾰσῐς
hē prótasis 		τὼ προτᾰ́σει
tṑ protásei 		αἱ προτᾰ́σεις
hai protáseis
Genitive τῆς προτᾰ́σεως
tês protáseōs 		τοῖν προτᾰσέοιν
toîn protaséoin 		τῶν προτᾰ́σεων
tôn protáseōn
Dative τῇ προτᾰ́σει
têi protásei 		τοῖν προτᾰσέοιν
toîn protaséoin 		ταῖς προτᾰ́σεσῐ / προτᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs protásesi(n)
Accusative τὴν πρότᾰσῐν
tḕn prótasin 		τὼ προτᾰ́σει
tṑ protásei 		τᾱ̀ς προτᾰ́σεις
tā̀s protáseis
Vocative πρότᾰσῐ
prótasi 		προτᾰ́σει
protásei 		προτᾰ́σεις
protáseis
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: protasis

See also

Further reading

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