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πρότα^σις , εως, ἡ, (προτείνω)
A.putting forward: in concrete sense, that which is put forward; hence,
1. in Logic, proposition, π. “ἐστι λόγος καταφατικὸς ἢ ἀποφατικός τινος κατά τινος” Arist.APr.24a16: esp. premiss of a syllogism, ἐκ δύο προτάσεων [πᾶς συλλογισμός] ib. 42a32; ἡ ἑτέρα, ἡ τελευταία π., the minor premiss, Id.EN1143b3, 1147b9; = ἀξίωμα, Plu.2.1009c, al.
b. Math., enunciation of a proposition, Autol.2.6, al., Archim.Sph.Cyl. 2Praef.. (pl.), Eratosth. Praef. (pl.), Dioph. 1 Def.11 (pl.), Procl.in Ti.2.190d.
2. Gramm., hypothetical clause of a sentence, answered by the ἀπόδοσις, D.L.3.52.
3. question proposed, problem, Sor.1.27, Plu.2.736e, Ath.6.234c, etc.
4. the earlier part of a dramatic poem. opp. ἐπίτασις (in which the action begins) and καταστροφή, Donat. in CGFp.69 K.
5. proposal, Milet.7.67 (perh. i B.C.), PMonac.6.80 (vi A.D.): pl., proposals for peace, App.Mac.9.3.
II. stretching out, 'urge', αἱ τοῦ πάθους π. Plot.4.4.44.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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