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ἀναπλάσσω

ἀναπλάσσω, to form anew, remodel

ἀνα-πλάσσω, Att. ἀναπλάττω,
  • form anew, remodel, restore a broken nose, Hp. Mochl. 2; rebuild, οἰκίδια PHal. 1.183 (iii B. C.): metaph., ἀ. ταύτας [τὰς ἑταίρας] Alex. 98.5:—Med., ἀναπλάσασθαι οἰκίην rebuild oneʼs house, Hdt. 8.109.
      • 2 simply, model, mould, fashion, τῆς Αἰδοῦς . . τἄγαλμʼ ἀ. Ar. Nu. 995, cf. AP 7.410 (Diosc.), al.; τὰ μέλη τοῦ παιδός Pl. Alc. 1.121d: metaph., τοῖς ψηφίσμασιν ἀ. [Ἀλέξανδρον] Demad. 11; make up, τροχίσκους Dsc. 1.8, al.
      • 3 metaph., ἀ. διπλάσια τῆς ἀληθείας κακά invent, imagine them, Philem. 160, cf. Plb. 3.94.2, D.H. 1.53; πολλοὺς θεούς Ph. 2.262; αἰτίας Procop. Arc. 15; ἐπιστολήν ib. 12, Philostr. VA 7.35: abs., imagine vainly, Metrod. Herc. 831.14, cf. 17, Phld. D. 1.17:—also in Med., AP 9.710 (Diosc.).
      • 4 compose, λόγους D.H. Dem. 46.
    • II plaster up, ὑπὸ τοῖς ὄνυξι κηρὸν ἀναπεπλασμένος Ar. V. 108.

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