protoplast

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Βίου σπάνις πέφυκεν ἀνδράσιν γυνή → Nihil viro uxor est, nisi esuries mera → Die Frau ist Männern von Natur Verlust an Gut

Menander, Monostichoi, 77

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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).