Lewis & Short

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† plasma, ătis, n., = πλάσμα, something formed or moulded.

  1. I. Lit., an image, figure, a creature (eccl. Lat.): emancipator servientis plasmatis, Prud. Cath. 7, 184.
    1. B. 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.
  2. II. Trop., a fiction (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 10, 1; Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 913, 998.

plasmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [plasma], to form, mould, fashion (eccl. Lat.): corporis effigiem, Prud. Apoth. 933: homo plasmatus, Tert. adv. Jud. 13 med.: me, Vulg. Psa. 118, 73: aestatem, id. ib. 73, 17.