plasticus Latin · revision 9399

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Vitruvius|origins=grc πλάσσω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɫas.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈplas.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plasticus''' (feminine plastica, neuter plasticum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|πλαστικός|tr=plastikós|t=fit for moulding]], from [[m|grc|πλάστης|tr=plástēs|t=moulder]], from [[m|grc|πλάσσω|tr=plássō|t=to mould]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Vitruvius, ''ratiō plastica'' “the art of modelling”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or belonging to modelling or moulding, as in Vitruvius, and Tertullian has ''manus plastica'' “the moulding hand”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for forming, moulding, shaping.^(DMLBS) [[en|plastic]] is recorded in the 1630s, “capable of shaping or moulding”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1630s – English ''plastic'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|modelling]] or moulding, [[m|en|plastic]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plastēs]]

+ * [[en|plastic]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot give a noun ''plasticus'' “modeller, sculptor” from Firmicus Maternus, but the Thesaurus says it was cited from him wrongly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}