protasis

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Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age

Sophocles, Antigone, 1350-1353

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prŏtăsis: is, f., = πρότασις.
I An assertion, proposition (pure Lat. effatum), App. Dogm. Plat. p. 29.—
II The beginning or first part of a play, Don. Ter. And. praef.