protaticadj.

Brit.

/prə(ʊ)ˈtatɪk/, U.S.

/proʊˈtædɪk/

Forms: 1600s–1700s protatick, 1800s– protatic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin protaticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin protaticus (of people, characters) appearing only in the protasis (4th cent.) < ancient Greek προτατικός capable of advancing a proposition < προ- pro- prefix¹ + τατικός (see -tatic comb. form), after πρότασις protasis n. Compare Middle French, French protatique (1660 in sense 2), Portuguese protático (a1647 in sense 1).

†1. Grammar and Rhetoric. Of or relating to a protasis (protasis n. 3). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Protatick, pertaining to Protasis.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Protatick... belonging to a Protasie, i. a proposition.

2. Of an actor, or a character in a drama, poem, novel, etc.: appearing only in the protasis (protasis n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [adjective] > types of part or character

protatic1658

fat1758

melpomenish1801

heavy1814

starring1833

Polonian1847

supporting1863

Polonial1872

actor-proof1893

Ophelian1903

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Protatick... He that layes open the argument, or speaks in the Prologue in a Comedy, and appears no more, is called Protatica Persona.]

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Protatick... belonging to..the first part of a Comedy.

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 31 There are indeed some protatick persons in the Ancients, whom they make use of in their Playes, either to hear, or give the Relation.

1720 Perpetual Comm. Revelation vi. 262 Is it not very proper for a Poet..to introduce upon the Scene a Prologue, or Protatick Persons, who describe the antecedent Matters necessary to be known?

1881 Birmingham Daily Post 20 July 7/4 The protatic character of Davies found a competent representative.

1898 R. G. Moulton Anc. Classical Drama (ed. 2) v. 216 These have been called ‘protatic personages’, because they belong only to the ‘protasis,’ or that portion of the play preceding the entanglement of the plot.

1931 Classical Philol. 26 264 Among those occurring in the initial action, the protatic roles are distinctly inorganic.

1995 O. Lee First Intermissions xx. 211 They decided that there would be two major roles in their comedy, a ‘baritone buffo’ and a ‘Cherubino’..but as they set to work, the Marschallin, a supposedly protatic character, created merely to define Ochs and Octavian, began to take over their imaginations and their pens.

Derivatives

† protatically adv. Obsolete rare in use as a protasis (protasis n. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adverb] > in specific type of clause

protatically1865

1865 F. Hall in Reader 1 Apr. 371/3 He will have made out his case completely on showing..that quha or who was employed, so early as 1556, as equivalent, save protatically, to he who, or rather to whoso, whosoever.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	protatic
释义	protaticadj. Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈtatɪk/, U.S. /proʊˈtædɪk/ Forms: 1600s–1700s protatick, 1800s– protatic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin protaticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin protaticus (of people, characters) appearing only in the protasis (4th cent.) < ancient Greek προτατικός capable of advancing a proposition < προ- pro- prefix¹ + τατικός (see -tatic comb. form), after πρότασις protasis n. Compare Middle French, French protatique (1660 in sense 2), Portuguese protático (a1647 in sense 1). †1. Grammar and Rhetoric. Of or relating to a protasis (protasis n. 3). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Protatick, pertaining to Protasis. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Protatick... belonging to a Protasie, i. a proposition. 2. Of an actor, or a character in a drama, poem, novel, etc.: appearing only in the protasis (protasis n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [adjective] > types of part or character protatic1658 fat1758 melpomenish1801 heavy1814 starring1833 Polonian1847 supporting1863 Polonial1872 actor-proof1893 Ophelian1903 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Protatick... He that layes open the argument, or speaks in the Prologue in a Comedy, and appears no more, is called Protatica Persona.] 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Protatick... belonging to..the first part of a Comedy. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 31 There are indeed some protatick persons in the Ancients, whom they make use of in their Playes, either to hear, or give the Relation. 1720 Perpetual Comm. Revelation vi. 262 Is it not very proper for a Poet..to introduce upon the Scene a Prologue, or Protatick Persons, who describe the antecedent Matters necessary to be known? 1881 Birmingham Daily Post 20 July 7/4 The protatic character of Davies found a competent representative. 1898 R. G. Moulton Anc. Classical Drama (ed. 2) v. 216 These have been called ‘protatic personages’, because they belong only to the ‘protasis,’ or that portion of the play preceding the entanglement of the plot. 1931 Classical Philol. 26 264 Among those occurring in the initial action, the protatic roles are distinctly inorganic. 1995 O. Lee First Intermissions xx. 211 They decided that there would be two major roles in their comedy, a ‘baritone buffo’ and a ‘Cherubino’..but as they set to work, the Marschallin, a supposedly protatic character, created merely to define Ochs and Octavian, began to take over their imaginations and their pens. Derivatives † protatically adv. Obsolete rare in use as a protasis (protasis n. 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adverb] > in specific type of clause protatically1865 1865 F. Hall in Reader 1 Apr. 371/3 He will have made out his case completely on showing..that quha or who was employed, so early as 1556, as equivalent, save protatically, to he who, or rather to whoso, whosoever. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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