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πλάσσω , Att. πλασμα?́τ-ττω S.Aj.148 (anap.), Pl.R.420c, etc.: fut. πλάσω ἀνα-) Hp.Mochl.2:aor.
A.ἔπλα^σαHdt.2.70 (κατ-), Ar.V.926, etc.; poet. “ἔπλασσαTheoc.24.109; Ep. “πλάσσαHes.Op.70: pf. “πέπλα^καPhld. Mus.p.85K.,D.S.15.11, D.H.Th.41: 3sg.plpf. “ἐπεπλάκειErot.Praef.: —Med., fut. “πλάσομαιAlciphr.1.37: aor. “ἐπλασάμηνTh.6.58, Pl.Lg. 800b, etc.:—Pass., fut. “πλασθήσομαιPhld.Mus.p.82 K., (δια-) Gal.4.619 : aor. “ἐπλάσθηνE.Fr.1130, Lys.12.48, Pl.Ti.26e : pf. “πέπλασμαιA.Pr.1030, etc.:—form, mould, prop. of the artist who works in soft substances, such as earth, clay, wax, ἐκ γαίης π. Hes.Op.70, cf. Hdt. 2.47,73; of Prometheus, “ὃν λέγουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς πλάσαι καὶ τἄλλα . . ζῷαPhilem.89.1, cf. Men.535.5 ; “π. καθάπερ ἐκ κηροῦPl.Lg.746a ; “σχήματα ἐκ χρυσοῦId.Ti.50a ; “ἐκ πηλοῦ ζῷονArist.PA654b29; “ἀγγεῖον π. κήρινονId.Mete.359a1 ; “οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνδριαντοποιὸς ὅστις ἂν πλάσαι κάλλος τοιοῦτονPhilem.72.2; “τοὺς πηλίνουςD.4.26 ; opp. γράφειν, as sculpture to painting, Pl.R.510e (so in Pass., Lg.668e, Isoc.9.75); τὴν ὑδριαν πλάσαι mould the water-jar, Ar.V.926 ; “σώματα π. θνητάPl.Ti.42d ; π. κηρία, of bees, Arist.HA623b32 ; ἔπλαττεν ἔνδον οἰκίας made clay houses, Ar.Nu.879; knead bread, Gal.6.313 :—Med., σχῆμα πλασάμενος having formed oneself a figure, Pl.Plt.297e :— Pass., to be moulded, made, “τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι πλάσσεταιHdt.3.108 ; “οἶκος τεκτόνων πλασθεὶς ὕποE.Fr.1130 ; “ἂν ἴδωσι . . κήρινα μιμήματα πεπλασμέναPl.Lg.933b.
2. plaster, “τὸν . . ναὸν χρίσαντες καὶ πλάσαντεςBCH15.209 (Panamara).
III. form an image of a thing in the mind, imagine, “πλάττομεν οὔτε ἰδόντες οὔτε . . νοήσαντες ἀθάνατόν τι ζῷονPl.Phdr.246c, cf. R.420c, 466a ; “τῷ λόγῳ τοὺς νόμουςId.Lg.712b; “τἀρχαῖαPhld.Mus.p.85K.:—Pass., ib.p.82 K.
IV. put in a certain form, τὸ στόμα π. (so as to pronounce more elegantly) Pl.Cra.414d ; [κόμιον] Arr.Epict.2.24.24; “τὴν ὑπόκρισινPlu.Dem.7 :—Med., ἀδήλως τῇ ὄψει πλυσάμενος πρὸς τὴν ξυμφοράν having formed himself in face, i.e. composed his countenance, Th.6.58, cf. D.45.68.
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