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|Definition=Att. πλάττω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>148</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>420c</span>, etc.: fut. <b class="b3">πλάσω</b> (<b class="b3">ἀνα</b>-) Hp.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>2:aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔπλᾰσα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.70</span> (κατ-), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>926</span>, etc.; poet. ἔπλασσα <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.109</span>; Ep. πλάσσα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>70</span>: pf. πέπλᾰκα Phld. <span class="title">Mus.</span>p.85K.,<span class="bibl">D.S.15.11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>41</span>: 3sg.plpf. ἐπεπλάκει Erot.<span class="title">Praef.</span>: —Med., fut. πλάσομαι <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.37</span>: aor. ἐπλασάμην <span class="bibl">Th.6.58</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 800b</span>, etc.:—Pass., fut. πλασθήσομαι Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.82 K., (δια-) Gal.4.619 : aor. ἐπλάσθην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1130</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>26e</span> : pf. πέπλασμαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1030</span>, etc.:—[[form]], [[mould]], prop. of the artist who works in soft substances, such as earth, clay, wax, <b class="b3">ἐκ γαίης π</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>70</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.47</span>,<span class="bibl">73</span>; of Prometheus, ὃν λέγουσ' ἡμᾶς πλάσαι καὶ τἄλλα… ζῷα <span class="bibl">Philem.89.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.535.5</span> ; π. καθάπερ ἐκ κηροῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>746a</span> ; σχήματα ἐκ χρυσοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>50a</span> ; ἐκ πηλοῦ ζῷον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>654b29</span>; ἀγγεῖον π. κήρινον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>359a1</span> ; οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνδριαντοποιὸς ὅστις ἂν πλάσαι κάλλος τοιοῦτον <span class="bibl">Philem.72.2</span>; τοὺς πηλίνους <span class="bibl">D.4.26</span> ; opp. <b class="b3">γράφειν</b>, as sculpture to painting, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>510e</span> (so in Pass., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>668e</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.75</span>); <b class="b3">τὴν ὑδριαν πλάσαι</b> [[mould]] the water-jar, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>926</span> ; σώματα π. θνητά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>42d</span> ; <b class="b3">π. κηρία</b>, of bees, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623b32</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔπλαττεν ἔνδον οἰκίας</b> [[made clay]] houses, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>879</span>; [[knead]] bread, Gal.6.313 :—Med., <b class="b3">σχῆμα πλασάμενος</b> [[having formed oneself]] a figure, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>297e</span> :— Pass., to [[be moulded]], [[made]], τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι πλάσσεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.108</span> ; οἶκος τεκτόνων πλασθεὶς ὕπο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1130</span> ; ἂν ἴδωσι… κήρινα μιμήματα πεπλασμένα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>933b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[plaster]], τὸν… ναὸν χρίσαντες καὶ πλάσαντες <span class="title">BCH</span>15.209 (Panamara). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[mould]], [[form]] by education, training, etc., <b class="b3">π. τὰς ψυχὰς τοῖς μύθοις, τὰ σώματα ταῖς χερσίν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>377c</span> ; σῶμα ἐπιμελῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>88c</span> ; ἑαυτόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>500d</span> ; <b class="b3">παιδεύειν τε καὶ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>671c</span>:—Pass., τοὔνομ' ἀνὰ χρόνον πεπλασμένον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>830</span> ; of the voice, [[to be trained]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>536b19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[form an image]] of a thing [[in the mind]], [[imagine]], πλάττομεν οὔτε ἰδόντες οὔτε… νοήσαντες ἀθάνατόν τι ζῷον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>246c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>420c</span>, <span class="bibl">466a</span> ; τῷ λόγῳ τοὺς νόμους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>712b</span>; τἀρχαῖα Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.85K.:—Pass., ib.p.82 K. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[put in a certain form]], <b class="b3">τὸ στόμα π</b>. (so as to pronounce more elegantly) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>414d</span> ; [<b class="b3">κόμιον</b>] <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.24.24</span>; τὴν ὑπόκρισιν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>7</span> :—Med., <b class="b3">ἀδήλως τῇ ὄψει πλυσάμενος πρὸς τὴν ξυμφοράν</b> [[having formed himself]] in face, i.e. composed his countenance, <span class="bibl">Th.6.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.45.68</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> metaph., [[fabricate]], [[forge]], λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>148</span> (anap.); ψευδεῖς π. αἰτίας <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.25</span>; προφάσεις <span class="bibl">D.25.28</span>; <b class="b3">τί λόγους πλάττεις</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.18.121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17c</span> ; μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>145</span> ; π. ἐπιστολήν <span class="bibl">Plb.5.42.7</span> : abs., <b class="b3">δόξω πλάσας λέγειν</b> I shall be thought to speak [[from invention]], i.e. not the truth, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.37</span> :—Med., πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τὸν αὑτοῦ <span class="bibl">Lys.19.60</span> ; ψεύδη <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.6.26</span> ; τῆς φιλανθρωπίας ἣν… ἐπλάττετο <span class="bibl">D.18.231</span> ; <b class="b3">προφάσεις π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.19.215</span> ; τοιαῦτα πλάττεσθαι τολμᾶτε <span class="bibl">Id.28.9</span> ; καιρὸν πλάττεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.21.187</span>: abs., <b class="b3">πλαττομένους πρὸς ἑαυτούς</b> (<b class="b3">αὐτούς</b> Bonitz) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1381b28</span> : c. inf., <b class="b3">Νέρων εἶναι πλασάμενος</b> [[pretending]] to be N., <span class="bibl">D.C.64.9</span>; π. νοσεῖν Gal.19.1 :—Pass., <b class="b3">οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κόμπος</b> not [[fictitious]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1030</span> ; <b class="b3">πεπλάσθαι φάσκοντες</b> saying [[it was a forgery]], <span class="bibl">Is.7.2</span> ; μὴ πλασθέντα μῦθον ἀλλ' ἀληθινὸν λόγον <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>26e</span> ; π. ὑπὸ ποιητῶν <span class="bibl">And.4.23</span>; ἐξ ὧν ἡ δίκη αὕτη πέπλασται <span class="bibl">D.52.12</span>. (<b class="b3">πλαθ-yω</b>, cf. <b class="b3">κορο-πλάθος, πηλο-πλάθος</b>.)</span>