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πλαστός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλαστός πλαστή πλαστόν

Structure: πλαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pla/ssw

Sense

  1. formed, moulded
  2. fabricated, forged, counterfeit, supposititious

Examples

  • ἀνὴρ γὰρ ἐν δείπνοισ μ’ ὑπερπλησθεὶσ μέθῃ καλεῖ παρ’ οἴνῳ, πλαστὸσ ὡσ εἰήν πατρί. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 3:5)
  • ὥσθ’ ὁ δι’ ἐκείνων ἄγων ἐπὶ τὴν Μαιῶτιν τὸν Τάναϊν, εἶτ’ ἐπιστρέφων ἐπ’ αὐτήν αἱ γὰρ ἐκβολαὶ φανερῶσ ἐν τοῖσ προσαρκτίοισ μέρεσι τῆσ λίμνησ δείκνυνται καὶ τούτοισ τοῖσ ἑωθινωτάτοισ, πλαστὸσ ἄν τισ εἰή καὶ ἀπέραντοσ λόγοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 4 12:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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