prótasis

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pró.ta.sis/ → /ˈpro.ta.sis/ → /ˈpro.ta.sis/

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