protasis /protˈə-sis/

1. The conditional clause of a conditional sentence (cf apodosis)
2. The first part of a dramatic composition, opp to epitasis

protatic /prə-tatˈik/ adjective

• star turn
• star turns
• sea cat
• sea cats
• sea change
• sea changes
• sea chart
• sea charts
• sea chest
• sea chests
• sea cliff
• sea cliffs
• sea coal
• sea coals
• seacoast
• seacoasts
• sea cob
• sea cobs
• seacock
• seacocks
• sea colewort
• sea coleworts
• sea cook
• sea cooks
• sea cow