plasticus

Latin

From Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós, “shapable, mouldable”).
Surface analysis: plast(ēs) (“shaper”, “moulder”) +‎ -icus (adjective-forming suffix).

plasticus (feminine plastica, neuter plasticum); first/second declension

Of or pertaining to moulding or shaping.
Made of plastic.
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, De eiectamentis plasticis , Nuntii Latini 30.3.2018:
  In regione maritima inter Californiam et Insulas Havaianas patente tanta eiectamentorum plasticorum copia fluctuat, ut magnitudine aream Francogalliae ter excedat.
  In the waters between California and Hawaii, such an amount of plastic waste bobs around that it exceeds thrice the area of France.

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	plasticus	plastica	plasticum	plasticī	plasticae	plastica
Genitive	plasticī	plasticae	plasticī	plasticōrum	plasticārum	plasticōrum
Dative	plasticō	plasticae	plasticō	plasticīs	plasticīs	plasticīs
Accusative	plasticum	plasticam	plasticum	plasticōs	plasticās	plastica
Ablative	plasticō	plasticā	plasticō	plasticīs	plasticīs	plasticīs
Vocative	plastice	plastica	plasticum	plasticī	plasticae	plastica

plasticus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
plasticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
plasticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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