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“apodosis”
apodosis (s), apodoses (pl) (noun forms)
1. The main clause of a conditional sentence, as "The game will be canceled" in "The game will be canceled if it rains."
2. The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition; therefore, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him", the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
3. Etymology: from Late Latin, from Greek, from apodidonai, "to give back"; apo-, "from" + didonai, "to give".
2. The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition; therefore, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him", the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
3. Etymology: from Late Latin, from Greek, from apodidonai, "to give back"; apo-, "from" + didonai, "to give".
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apo-, ap-, aph-
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dat-, dos-, dot-, dow-, don-, dit-
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