plasma
ătis, n.
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.