protasis
n. பீடிகை வாசகம், ஏஞூற்று வாசகம்.
Prot"a*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 1. A proposition; a maxim. Johnson. 2. (Gram.) Defn: The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis. 3. The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis. B. Jonson.