πλαστός, ή, όν,
formed, moulded, especially in clay or wax, γυνή [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 513; τὸ π. ὃ δὴ σκεῦος ὠνομάκαμεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 219a; π. ἐκ γαίης 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 52.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εἰκών statue, opposed to painting, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 2. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 that can easily be moulded, plastic, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 386a27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; in a thick paste, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.4.10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, fabricated, forged, counterfeit, ἐκ λόγου πλαστοῦ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. βακχεῖαι sham inspirations, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 218; π. τὴν φιλίαν παρέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλαστὸς πατρί a supposititious son, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 780, cf. Sositheus Tragicus 2.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπιχείρημα hypothetical case, [[ 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 3.11, compare 15. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb -τῶς, opposed to ὄντως[[, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀληθῶς, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 642d; opposed to φύσει, [prev. work] 777d ] Refs]; π. ὀδυρόμενοι feignedly, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.381 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III see at {πλατός}.