πλάσσω,
Attic dialect πλάττω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
future πλάσω (ἀνα-) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἔπλᾰσα [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect πλάσσα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
perfect πέπλᾰκα [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:
3rd.pers. singular pluperfect ἐπεπλάκει [
Refs 1st c.AD+]: —
middle,
future πλάσομαι [
Refs 4th c.AD+]:
aorist ἐπλασάμην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
future πλασθήσομαι [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:
aorist ἐπλάσθην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
perfect πέπλασμαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
form, mould, properly of the artist who works in soft substances, such as earth, clay, wax, ἐκ γαίης π. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Prometheus, ὃν λέγουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς πλάσαι καὶ τἄλλα. ζῷα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to γράφειν, as sculpture to painting, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (so in
passive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ὑδριαν πλάσαι
mould the water-jar, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. κηρία, of bees, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔπλαττεν ἔνδον οἰκίας
made clay houses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
knead bread, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
middle, σχῆμα πλασάμενος
having formed oneself a figure, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be moulded, made, τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι πλάσσεται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
plaster, τὸν. ναὸν χρίσαντες καὶ πλάσαντες [
Refs]
II) generally,
mould, form by education, training, etc, π. τὰς ψυχὰς τοῖς μύθοις, τὰ σώματα ταῖς χερσίν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παιδεύειν τε καὶ π. [
Refs]:—
passive, τοὔνομ᾽ ἀνὰ χρόνον πεπλασμένον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the voice,
to be trained, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III)
form an image of a thing
in the mind, imagine, πλάττομεν οὔτε ἰδόντες οὔτε. νοήσαντες ἀθάνατόν τι ζῷον [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive [
Refs]
IV)
put in a certain form, τὸ στόμα π. (so as to pronounce more elegantly) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; [κόμιον] [
Refs 1st c.AD+] —
middle, ἀδήλως τῇ ὄψει πλυσάμενος πρὸς τὴν ξυμφοράν
having formed himself in face, i.e. composed his countenance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V)
metaphorically,
fabricate, forge, λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί λόγους πλάττει; [
Refs 5th c.BC+] I shall be thought to speak
from invention, i.e. not the truth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
middle, πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τὸν αὑτοῦ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; προφάσεις π. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
infinitive, Νέρων εἶναι πλασάμενος
pretending to be N, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
passive, οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κόμπος not
fictitious, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πεπλάσθαι φάσκοντες saying
it was a forgery, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]