protoplast

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Ὁ μὴ γαμῶν ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔχει κακά → Multis malis caret ille, qui uxorem haud habet → Der Mann, der ledig bleibt, kennt keinen Leidensdruck

Menander, Monostichoi, 437

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A protoplast, from ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, "first-formed"), in a religious context initially referred to the first human or, more generally, to the first organized body of progenitors of mankind (as in Manu and Shatrupa or Adam and Eve), or of surviving humanity after a cataclysm (as in Deucalion or Noah).