πλάσω

πλάσσω

form: aor subj act 1st sg

πλάσσω

form: fut ind act 1st sg

πλάσσω

form: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

κατα-πλάσσω, [dialect] Att. [suff] κατά-ττω, [tense] fut. - πλάσω [pron. full] [ᾰ],

A plaster over,

πηλῷ κατ' ὦν ἔπλασε τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt.2.70

, cf. Arist.HA 612a18;

ὄξει τὰ βλέφαρα Ar.Pl. 721

;

τὰ ὦτα κηρῷ Plu.2.15d

:—[voice] Pass.,

καταπεπλασμένη ψιμυθίῳ Ar. Ec. 878

;

κηρῷ Arist.HA 624a13

:—[voice] Med., τὴν κεφαλὴν κατ' ὦν ἐπλάσατο plastered her own head, Hdt.2.85, cf. D.S.1.72,91; τοῦτο καταπλάσσονται πᾶν τὸ σῶμα this they plaster over their whole body, Hdt.4.75:—[voice] Pass.,

καταπλαττομένων ἢ ἐπιπλαττομένων Phld.Mus. p.52K.

2 Medic., plaster or poultice, Hp.VC13, al.; also, apply as a plaster or poultice, in [voice] Pass., Dsc.4.87,88: metaph., c. gen.,

θεὸς κ. τῶν ψυχῆς τραυμάτων Ph.1.455

.

3 metaph., καταπεπλασμένος, = καταπλαστός 11, Aristid.Or.28(49).101; τὸ κ. the artificial sound produced by stopping the higher notes in a flute, Quint.1.11.6.

πλάσσω, [dialect] Att. [suff] πλασμᾰτ-ττω S.Aj. 148 (anap.), Pl.R. 420c, etc.: [tense] fut. πλάσω ( ἀνα-) Hp.Mochl.2:[tense] aor.

A

ἔπλᾰσα Hdt.2.70

([etym.] κατ-), Ar.V. 926, etc.; poet.

ἔπλασσα Theoc.24.109

; [dialect] Ep.

πλάσσα Hes.Op.70

: [tense] pf.

πέπλᾰκα Phld. Mus.p.85K.

,D.S.15.11, D.H.Th.41: [ per.] 3sg.[tense] plpf.

ἐπεπλάκει Erot.Praef.

: —[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

πλάσομαι Alciphr.1.37

: [tense] aor.

ἐπλασάμην Th.6.58

, Pl.Lg. 800b, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

πλασθήσομαι Phld.Mus.p.82

K., ( δια- ) Gal.4.619: [tense] aor.

ἐπλάσθην E.Fr. 1130

, Lys.12.48, Pl.Ti. 26e : [tense] pf.

πέπλασμαι A.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.. ζῷα Philem.89.1

, cf. Men.535.5 ;

π. καθάπερ ἐκ κηροῦ Pl.Lg. 746a

;

σχήματα ἐκ χρυσοῦ Id.Ti. 50a

;

ἐκ πηλοῦ ζῷον Arist.PA 654b29

;

ἀγγεῖον π. κήρινον Id.Mete. 359a1

;

οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνδριαντοποιὸς ὅστις ἂν πλάσαι κάλλος τοιοῦτον Philem.72.2

;

τοὺς πηλίνους D.4.26

; opp. γράφειν, as sculpture to painting, Pl.R. 510e (so in [voice] Pass., Lg. 668e, Isoc.9.75); τὴν ὑδριαν πλάσαι mould the water-jar, Ar.V. 926 ;

σώματα π. θνητά Pl.Ti. 42d

; π. κηρία, of bees, Arist.HA 623b32 ; ἔπλαττεν ἔνδον οἰκίας made clay houses, Ar.Nu. 879; knead bread, Gal.6.313:—[voice] Med., σχῆμα πλασάμενος having formed oneself a figure, Pl.Plt. 297e :— [voice] Pass., to be moulded, made,

τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι πλάσσεται Hdt.3.108

;

οἶκος τεκτόνων πλασθεὶς ὕπο E.Fr. 1130

;

ἂν ἴδωσι.. κήρινα μιμήματα πεπλασμένα Pl.Lg. 933b

.

2 plaster,

τὸν.. ναὸν χρίσαντες καὶ πλάσαντες BCH15.209

([place name] Panamara).

II generally, mould, form by education, training, etc., π. τὰς ψυχὰς τοῖς μύθοις, τὰ σώματα ταῖς χερσίν, Pl.R. 377c ;

σῶμα ἐπιμελῶς Id.Ti. 88c

;

ἑαυτόν Id.R. 500d

; παιδεύειν τε καὶ π. Id.Lg. 671c:—[voice] Pass.,

τοὔνομ' ἀνὰ χρόνον πεπλασμένον E. Ion 830

; of the voice, to be trained, Arist.HA 536b19.

III form an image of a thing in the mind, imagine,

πλάττομεν οὔτε ἰδόντες οὔτε.. νοήσαντες ἀθάνατόν τι ζῷον Pl.Phdr. 246c

, cf. R. 420c, 466a ;

τῷ λόγῳ τοὺς νόμους Id.Lg. 712b

;

τἀρχαῖα Phld.Mus.p.85K.

:—[voice] 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 ὑπόκρισιν Plu.Dem.7

:—[voice] 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.

V metaph., fabricate, forge,

λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων S.Aj. 148

(anap.);

ψευδεῖς π. αἰτίας Isoc.12.25

;

προφάσεις D.25.28

; τί λόγους πλάττεις; Id.18.121, cf. Pl.Ap. 17c ;

μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν Men.Mon. 145

;

π. ἐπιστολήν Plb.5.42.7

: abs., δόξω πλάσας λέγειν I shall be thought to speak from invention, i.e. not the truth, Hdt.8.80, cf. X.Mem.2.6.37 :—[voice] Med.,

πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τὸν αὑτοῦ Lys.19.60

;

ψεύδη X.An.2.6.26

;

τῆς φιλανθρωπίας ἣν.. ἐπλάττετο D.18.231

; προφάσεις π. Id.19.215 ;

τοιαῦτα πλάττεσθαι τολμᾶτε Id.28.9

;

καιρὸν πλάττεσθαι Id.21.187

: abs., πλαττομένους πρὸς ἑαυτούς ( αὐτούς Bonitz) Arist.Rh. 1381b28 : c. inf., Νέρων εἶναι πλασάμενος pretending to be N., D.C.64.9;

π. νοσεῖν Gal.19.1

:—[voice] Pass., οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κόμπος not fictitious, A.Pr. 1030 ; πεπλάσθαι φάσκοντες saying it was a forgery, Is.7.2 ;

μὴ πλασθέντα μῦθον ἀλλ' ἀληθινὸν λόγον Pl. Ti. 26e

;

π. ὑπὸ ποιητῶν And.4.23

;

ἐξ ὧν ἡ δίκη αὕτη πέπλασται D.52.12

. ( πλαθ-Ψω, cf. κορο-πλάθος, πηλο-πλάθος.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to knead, to form, to mould, to shape (a soft mass); to think up, to imagine, to pretend' (Hes.).

Other forms: Att. - ττω, fut. πλάσω, aor. πλάσ(σ)αι (Hes.), pass. πλασθῆναι, perf. πέπλασμαι (IA.), act. πέπλακα (hell.).

Compounds: Very often w. prefix in diff. senses, e.g. κατα-πλάσσω `to spread, to besmear', ἐμ-πλάσσω `to smear, to stop up' (cf. bel.).

Derivatives: Many derivv. Nom. actionis: 1. πλάσμα n. `forming, formation, fiction' (IA.) with - ματίας m. `fictional', - ματώδης `id.' (Arist.), - ματικός `id.' (S.E.); ἔμ-, ἐπί-, κατά-πλασμα n. `plaster' (medic.). 2. πλάσις ( ἀνά-πλάσσω, κατά-πλάσσω etc.) f. `forming, formation, figuration' (Hp., Arist.). 3. ἀνα-πλασμός m. `figuration' (Plu.), μετα-πλασ-μός m. `transformation' (gramm.) a.o. 4. κατα-πλαστύς f. `besmearing' (Hdt. 4, 175). Nom. agentis a. instr.: 5. πλάστης m. `former, moulder, maker' (Pl.), often in synthet. compp., e.g. κηρο-πλάστης m. `modeller in wax' (Pl.) with - έω (Hp.) etc.; f. πλάσ-τις (Ael.), - τειρα (Orph., APl.), - τρια ( Theol.Ar.). 6. πλάστρον n. `earring' (Att. inscr. a.o.), ἔμπλασ-τρον n., - τρος f. `ointment' or `plaster' (Dsc., Gal., pap.). Adj.: 7. πλαστός `formed, shaped, thought up' (Hes.), ἔμπλασ-τον n., - τος f. `ointment, plaster' (Hp.); πλαστή f. `clay wall' (pap.) with περι-, συμ-πλαστεύω `to surround, to construct with a π', πλαστευτής m. `builder of a π.' (pap.). 8. πλαστικός ( προσ-, ἐν-, ἀνα-) `suitable for forming, plastic' (Pl.). -- a.o.; κορο-πλάστης hell.). On πλάθανον s.v.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Common verbal stem πλαθ-; from there on the one hand the yot-present *πλαθ-ι̯ω \> πλάσσω (on the phonetics Schwyzer 320), on the other hand the non-present forms (which on themselves could also go back on πλα- with analog. πλάσσαι, πλασθῆναι, πλαστός; cf. on κλάω). -- No correspondence outside Greek. As the θ (IE *dh) prob. orig. has present-forming, in any case formantic function ( πλή-θω, βρί-θω etc.; Schwyzer 703), πλά-θω can belong to the group of pelā- `broaden' (s. πλάξ); one has to assume an orig. meaning `smear thin, make flat'; s. WP. 2, 63. On the meaning `smear' (in κατα-, ἐμ-πλάσσω) and `knead, form' cf. the same duplicity in Skt. déhmi `spread, smear' and Lat. fingō `knead, form' (cf. on τεῖχος). -- From ἔμπλαστρον Lat. emplastrum, Fr. emplâtre etc.; MLat. plastrum ` Pflaster, plaster', Fr. plâtre, OHG pflastar etc. -- Cf. πλάξ; cf. also παλάθη and πλάστιγξ. -- A form πλαθ- annot be derived from IE, cf. on πλάθανον. So it must be of Pre-Greek origin.

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