protasis

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prŏtăsis, is, f. (πρότασις), protase, exposition [d’une pièce de théâtre] Don. Andr. prol. 1.