plastes

plastes, ae, m., = πλάστης,

• a moulder, potter, modeller, statuary (post-Aug.; syn. fictor), Vell. 1, 17, 4: laudatissimi, Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154; Vitr. 1, 1, 13; Tert. Idol. 3; Vulg. Isa. 41, 25.—
• II A creator, maker (eccl. Lat.): Israel, Vulg. Isa. 45, 11: terrae, id. ib. 45, 18.

plastēs, ae, m. (πλάστης), der Bildner, der aus Ton usw. bildet, der Plastiker, Vitr. 1, 1, 13. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 2276. Tert. de idol. 3: pl. imaginarius, Bildner von Tonformen zu Statuen, Edict. Diocl. 7, 29: pl. gypsarius, Bildner in Arbeiten von Gips, ibid. 7, 30: velut plastes (Töpfer, Hafner) conculcans humum, Vulg. Isai. 41, 25. – Plur., Vell. 1, 17, 4. Plin. 35, 154.

plastes [CL < πλάστης] , one who forms, moulds, or shapes, a modeller, statuary. ~es, conpositor GlC P 959; ~es, figulus Gl. Leid. 13. 49; mollis cera ‥ etiam artificis et ~e cesset manus Gir. Invect. V 2; ~es vero dicitur ab hoc verbo Greco plasso quod est ‘manibus compono’ et est hoc nomen ~es sumptum a secunda persona preteriti perfecti passivi quod est peplaste Gros. Hexaem. proem. 55.

plastēs, (16) æ, m. (πλάστης), celui qui travaille lʼargile, modeleur, sculpteur : Vitr. Arch. 1, 1, 13 ; pl., Vell. 1, 17, 4 ; Plin. 35, 154.

plastes , ae. m.
揑坭像之匠。

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Plastes

(πλάστης). A modeller in clay or wax. See Statuaria Ars.