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plasma

plasma, ătis, n., = πλάσμα, something formed or moulded.
  • Lit., an image, figure, a creature (eccl. Lat.): emancipator servientis plasmatis, Prud. Cath. 7, 184.—
    • 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.—
  • II Trop., a fiction (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 10, 1; Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 913, 998.

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