πλάσμα, ατος, τό,
anything formed or
moulded, image, figure, πλάσματα πηλοῦ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κήρινον. οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅ τι π. as it were a
piece of wax-
work, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of figures made by bakers, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
plural,
cakes of incense, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
b) the
body, as fashioned by the Creator, [
Refs]
II)
counterfeit, forgery, π. ὅλον ἐστὶν ἡ διαθήκη [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.b)
figment, fiction, πλάσματα τῶν προτέρων [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; of a
story which is
fictitious but possible, opposed to ἱστορία [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.c)
pretence, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2)
delusion, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III)
formed style in writing or speaking, π. καὶ τὴν ἄλλην κατασκευὴν δημηγόρου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ᾖ ποιητικὸν τοῦ λόγου τὸ π. [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III.2) in music,
affected execution, with trills, falsetto, etc, μετὰ πλάσματος αὐλεῖν, opposed to ἀπλάστως, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of studied
intonation in orators or actors, π. φωνῆς ἀθόρυβον [
Refs 1st c.AD+];
lectio plasmate effeminata, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]