πλάσμα,ατος,τό,
A. anything formedormoulded, image, figure, πλάσματα πηλοῦ
Ar. Av. 686
;κήρινον . . οὐκ οἶδ' ὅ τι π.as it were apiece ofwax-work, Pl. Tht. 197d , cf. 200c , Sph. 239e ; of figures made by bakers, Men. 113 : pl.,cakesof incense, POxy. 2144.29
(iii A.D.).
b. thebody, as fashioned by the Creator, PMag.Par. 1.212 .
II. counterfeit, forgery, π. ὅλον ἐστὶν ἡ διαθήκη
D. 45.29
.
b. figment, fiction, πλάσματα τῶν προτέρων
Xenoph. 1.22
, cf. Arist. Cael. 289a6 , Str. 1.2.36 , J. BJ 1.1.2 , Plu. Thes. 28 , etc. ; of astorywhich isfictitious but possible, opp. ἱστορία11and μῦθος11.3, S.E. M. 1.263 , Aus. Prof. 21.26 , cf. Ph. 1.528 .
c. pretence, Phld. Vit. p.38
J. , Plu. Mar. 43 .