πλάσμα, ατος, τό,
anything formed or moulded, image, figure, πλάσματα πηλοῦ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 686 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κήρινον.. οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅ τι π. as it were a piece of wax-work, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197d, compare 200c, “Sph.” 239e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of figures made by bakers, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 113 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, cakes of incense, [[ “POxy.” 2144.29 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__b the body, as fashioned by the Creator, [[ “PMag.Par.” 1.212. ] Refs]
__II counterfeit, forgery, π. ὅλον ἐστὶν ἡ διαθήκη [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.b figment, fiction, πλάσματα τῶν προτέρων [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.22, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 289a6, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.36, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.1.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 28, etc. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of a story which is fictitious but possible, opposed to ἱστορία [[ 11 and μῦθος 11.3, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.263, 4th c.AD: Ausonius Poeta Latinus “Prof.” 21.26, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.528. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.c pretence, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.38 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 43. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]