plắsmă

plắsmă πλᾰ́σμᾰ

From πλάσσω plássō, “forme, knete, bilde, forme, gestalte” +‎ -μα -ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pláz.ma/ → /ˈplaz.ma/ → /ˈplaz.ma/

Noun

πλᾰ́σμᾰ • (plắsmă) n (genitive πλᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. something formed, figure, image
   1. the body, as formed by the Creator
2. counterfeit, forgery
   1. figment, fiction
   2. pretence
   3. delusion
3. formed style in writing or speaking
   1. (music) affected execution