plasma, ătis, n., = πλάσμα, something formed or moulded.
I Lit., an image , figure , a creature (eccl. Lat.): emancipator servientis plasmatis, Prud. Cath. 7, 184.—
B Transf., an affected modulation of the voice (post-Aug.), Pers. 1, 17: sit lectio non in canticum dissoluta, nec plasmate, ut nunc a plerisque fit, effeminata, Quint. 1, 8, 2.—
II Trop., a fiction (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 10, 1; Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 913, 998.