plastes, ae, m., = πλάστης,
I a moulder , potter , modeller , statuary (post-Aug.; syn. fictor), Vell. 1, 17, 4: laudatissimi, Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154; Vitr. 1, 1, 13; Tert. Idol. 3; Vulg. Isa. 41, 25.—
II A creator , maker (eccl. Lat.): Israel, Vulg. Isa. 45, 11: terrae, id. ib. 45, 18.