plastica

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See also: plástica, plàstica, and -plastica

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.sti.ka/
  • Rhymes: -astika
  • Hyphenation: plà‧sti‧ca

Etymology 1

From the adjective plastico (plastic), from Latin plasticus (pertaining to moulding/molding or shaping).

Noun

plastica f (plural plastiche)

  1. plastic
  2. plastic surgery

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

plastica

  1. inflection of plasticare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

plastica

  1. feminine singular of plastico

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

plastica

  1. inflection of plasticus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

plasticā

  1. ablative feminine singular of plasticus

References

  • plastica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plastica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plastica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin