plassamō

πλάσσω,
Attic dialect πλάττω Refs 5th c.BC+future πλάσω (ἀνα-) Refs 5th c.BC+:aorist ἔπλᾰσα Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect πλάσσα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect πέπλᾰκα Refs 1st c.BC+: 3rd.pers. singular pluperfect ἐπεπλάκει Refs 1st c.AD+: —middle, future πλάσομαι Refs 4th c.AD+: aorist ἐπλασάμην Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, future πλασθήσομαι Refs 1st c.BC+: aorist ἐπλάσθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect πέπλασμαι Refs 4th c.BC+:—form, mould, properly of the artist who works in soft substances, such as earth, clay, wax, ἐκ γαίης π. Refs 8th c.BC+; of Prometheus, ὃν λέγουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς πλάσαι καὶ τἄλλα.. ζῷα Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to γράφειν, as sculpture to painting, Refs 5th c.BC+ (so in passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν ὑδριαν πλάσαι mould the water-jar, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. κηρία, of bees, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἔπλαττεν ἔνδον οἰκίας made clay houses, Refs 5th c.BC+; knead bread, Refs 2nd c.AD+ —middle, σχῆμα πλασάμενος having formed oneself a figure, Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, to be moulded, made, τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι πλάσσεται Refs 5th c.BC+
2 plaster, τὸν.. ναὸν χρίσαντες καὶ πλάσαντες Refs
II generally, mould, form by education, training, etc., π. τὰς ψυχὰς τοῖς μύθοις, τὰ σώματα ταῖς χερσίν, Refs 5th c.BC+; παιδεύειν τε καὶ π. Refs:—passive, τοὔνομ᾽ ἀνὰ χρόνον πεπλασμένον Refs 5th c.BC+; of the voice, to be trained, Refs 4th c.BC+
III form an image of a thing in the mind, imagine, πλάττομεν οὔτε ἰδόντες οὔτε.. νοήσαντες ἀθάνατόν τι ζῷον Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive Refs
IV put in a certain form, τὸ στόμα π. (so as to pronounce more elegantly) Refs 5th c.BC+; [κόμιον] Refs 1st c.AD+ —middle, ἀδήλως τῇ ὄψει πλυσάμενος πρὸς τὴν ξυμφοράν having formed himself in face, i.e. composed his countenance, Refs 5th c.BC+
V metaphorically, fabricate, forge, λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων Refs 5th c.BC+; τί λόγους πλάττει; Refs 5th c.BC+ I shall be thought to speak from invention, i.e. not the truth, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τὸν αὑτοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; προφάσεις π. Refs 4th c.BC+infinitive, Νέρων εἶναι πλασάμενος pretending to be N., Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κόμπος not fictitious, Refs 4th c.BC+; πεπλάσθαι φάσκοντες saying it was a forgery, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.