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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόπλασμα (próplasma).
Pronunciation
Noun
proplasma n (genitive proplasmatis); third declension
- model (of something to be made)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
References
- “proplasma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proplasma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “proplasma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “proplasma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin