πλάσσω
I. "to form, mould, shape", Lat. fingere, properly of the artist who works in clay or wax, Hes., Hdt.; τὴν ὑδρίαν πλάσαι "to mould" the water-jar, Ar.; ἔπλαττεν οἰκίας "made clay" houses, id=Ar.:—Pass. "to be moulded, made", ὁ μὲν πλάσσεται one "is a-moulding", Hdt.
II. generally, "to mould and form" by education, training, Plat.
III. "to form in the mind, form a notion of" a thing, id=Plat.
IV. "to put in a certain form": Mid., πλασάμενος τῆι ὄψει "having formed himself" in face, i. e. composed his countenance, Thuc.
V. metaph. "to make up, fabricate, forge", Soph., Dem.:— absol., πλάσας λέγειν to speak "from invention", i. e. not the truth, Hdt.:—so in Mid., Xen., etc.:—Pass., οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κόμπος not "fictitious", Aesch.