French

Noun

plastes m

1. plural of plaste

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάστης ‎(plástēs, “shaper, creator”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.teːs/, [ˈpɫas.teːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tes/

Noun

plastēs m ‎(genitive plastae); first declension

1. One who shapes or moulds things; moulder, shaper

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

Related terms

• plasticus

References

• plastes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PLASTES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “plastes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• plastes in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers