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protatic, a.|prəʊˈtætɪk|
[ad. late L. protatic-us, a. Gr. προτατικ-ός, f. πρότασις: see protasis. Cf. F. protatique.]
Of or pertaining to the or a protasis; in protatic character, protatic person, appearing only in the protasis (sense 2).
1668Dryden Dram. Poesy Ess. (ed. Ker) I. 61 There are indeed some protatick persons in the Ancients, whom they make use of in their plays, either to hear or give the relation. 1881Birm'ham Daily Post 20 July 7/4 The protatic character of Davies found a competent representative.
Hence proˈtatically adv., in the protasis.
1865F. Hall in Reader 1 Apr. 371/3 He will have made out his case completely on showing..that quha or who was employed, so early as 1556, as equivalent, save protatically, to he who, or rather to whoso, whosoever. |