1. πλάσσω · plassō — Beekes
to knead, form, mold, shape (a soft mass); to think up, imagine, pretend
The corpus record
πλάσσω
plasso
to knead, form, mold, shape (a soft mass); to think up, imagine, pretend
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Habacuc 3 · 27.42/10k
- Accusation of Calumny 1 · 9.67/10k
- Sapientia Salomonis 6 · 8.69/10k
- Epinomis 5 · 7.93/10k
- Answer to Philip's Letter 1 · 7.76/10k
- Against Stephanus 1 4 · 7.07/10k
- Against Aphobus 2 1 · 6.66/10k
- 1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
- First Philippic 2 · 6.09/10k
- Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 1 · 5.47/10k
- Apollodorus Against Callipus 1 · 4.78/10k
- Isaias 12 · 4.57/10k
Densest 12 of 68 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πλάσσω · plassō — Chantraine
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3. πλάσσω · plassō — Frisk
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4. πλάσσω · plassō — LSJ
form, mould
Attestations
- πλάσσεν · plassen Works and Days 70–71
- ἐπλάττομεν · eplattomen Plato, Republic 2.374 (DIORISIS sentence 1183)
- πλάττεται · plattetai Plato, Republic 2.377 (DIORISIS sentence 1291)
- πλασθέντας · plasthentas Plato, Republic 2.377 (DIORISIS sentence 1293)
- πλάττειν · plattein Plato, Republic 2.377 (DIORISIS sentence 1296)
- πλαττόμενοι · plattomenoi Plato, Republic 3.414 (DIORISIS sentence 2075)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1254; entry #5031 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 927-928; entry #6581 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1523-1524; entry #4690 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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