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πλαστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλαστικός

Structure: πλαστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pla/ssw

Sense

  1. fit for moulding; plastic
  2. (of people) gifted in sculpture

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν οὐδ’ ἡ τῶν οἰκήσεών γε συνυφὴ καὶ σύμπασα οἰκοδομία καὶ σκευῶν πάντων ἀπεργαστική, χαλκεία τε καὶ ἡ τῶν τεκτονικῶν καὶ πλαστικῶν καὶ πλεκτικῶν καὶ ἔτι συμπάντων ὀργάνων παρασκευή, δήμῳ τὸ πρόσφορον ἔχουσα, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐπ’ ἀρετῇ λεγομένη. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 15:4)

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