The corpus record

κατα-πλάσσω

kataplasso

plaster over

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Where it lives

Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Against Pantaenetus 1 · 2.69/10k
Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
Against Boeotus 2 1 · 2.58/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
History 7 · 0.47/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατα-πλάσσω · kata-plassō — LSJ

plaster over, plastered her own, plaster over their

plaster over, πηλῷ κατʼ ὦν ἔπλασε τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt. 2.70, cf. Arist. HA 612a18; ὄξει τὰ βλέφαρα Ar. Pl. 721; τὰ ὦτα κηρῷ Plu. Aud.poet. 2.15d:—Pass., καταπεπλασμένη ψιμυθίῳ Ar. Ec. 878; κηρῷ Arist. HA 624a13:—Med., τὴν κεφαλὴν κατʼ 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:—Pass., καταπλαττομένων ἢ ἐπιπλαττομένων Phld. Mus. p.52K.

2 plaster, poultice, apply as a plaster, poultice

Medic., plaster or poultice, Hp. VC 13, al.; also, apply as a plaster or poultice, in Pass., Dsc. 4.87,88: metaph., c. gen., θεὸς κ. τῶν ψυχῆς τραυμάτων Ph. 1.455.

3 artificial sound

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

In the wild

καταπεπλασμένη · katapeplasmenē Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 724)
κατέπλασεν · kateplasen Aristophanes, Plutus 720 (DIORISIS sentence 575)
καταπεπλασμένος · katapeplasmenos Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 578)
καταπλαγείς · kataplageis Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..25 (DIORISIS sentence 321)
καταπλαγεὶς · kataplageis Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..34 (DIORISIS sentence 419)
καταπλαγῆτε · kataplagēte Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 2 53 (DIORISIS sentence 112)

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