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apodosis
[ uh-pod-uh-sis ]
noun
, plural a·pod·o·ses [uh, -, pod, -, uh, -seez].
- the clause expressing the consequence in a conditional sentence, often beginning with then, as “then I will” in “If you go, then I will.” Compare protasis ( def 1 ).
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apodosis1
C17: via Late Latin from Greek: a returning or answering (clause), from apodidonai to give back
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Example Sentences
What are we to suppose the suppressed apodosis of the proposition?
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The apodosis (qu'est-ce que je ferais) is omitted and only the protasis is expressed.
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Positing what protasis would the contraction for such several schemes become a natural and necessary apodosis?
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The apodosis of an implied condition: 'If you prayed for me, the fire would rise'.
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The Subjunctive in the Apodosis of conditional sentences of this type is of the Potential variety.
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