noun greek

plasma

gen. plasmătis · gender neuter · decl. 3rd

= πλάσμα, something formed or moulded.

an image; figure; a creature •

Lit., an image, figure, a creature (eccl. Lat.): emancipator servientis plasmatis, Prud. Cath. 7, 184.—

an affected modulation of the voice by extension •

Transf., an affected modulation of the voice (post-Aug.), Pers. 1, 17: sit lectio non in canticum dissoluta, nec plasmate, ut nunc a plerisque fit, effeminata, Quint. 1, 8, 2.—

a fiction figuratively

Trop., a fiction (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 10, 1; Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 913, 998.

Perseus ID: n36578 Key: plasma