previous next
πλαστός , ή, όν,
A.formed, moulded, esp. in clay or wax, “γυνή” Hes. Th.513; “τὸ π. ὃ δὴ σκεῦος ὠνομάκαμεν” Pl.Sph.219a ; “π. ἐκ γαίης” Antiph. 52.3; π. εἰκών statue, opp. painting, Plu.Ages.2.
2. that can easily be moulded, plastic, Arist.Mete.386a27 ; in a thick paste, Thphr.HP9.4.10.
II. metaph., fabricated, forged, counterfeit, “ἐκ λόγου πλαστοῦ” Hdt.1.68; π. βακχεῖαι sham inspirations, E.Ba.218 ; “π. τὴν φιλίαν παρέχεσθαι” X.Ages.1.38 ; πλαστὸς πατρί a supposititious son, S.OT 780, cf. Sosith.2.4; π. ἐπιχείρημα hypothetical case, Hermog.Inv.3.11, cf. 15. Adv. -τῶς, opp. ὄντως, Pl.Sph.216c ; opp. ἀληθῶς, Id.Lg.642d ; opp. φύσει, ib.777d ; π. ὀδυρόμενοι feignedly, Phld.Rh.1.381 S.
III. v. πλατός.
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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (10 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 218
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.68
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 513
    • Plato, Laws, 642d
    • Plato, Laws, 777d
    • Plato, Sophist, 219a
    • Plato, Sophist, 216c
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 780
    • Xenophon, Agesilaus, 1.38
    • Plutarch, Agesilaus, 2
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: