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κάτοπτρον

katoptron

mirror

Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.

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κάτοπτρον, τό, A. mirror, κ. εἴδους χαλκός A. Fr. 393, cf. E. Hipp. 429, etc.; τίς γὰρ κατόπτρῳ καὶ τυφλῷ κοινωνία; Com. ap. Stob. 4.30.6a; κ. ἀνδρομήκη Phld. Rh. 2.206S.; ἐν κατόπτρῳ . . κατιδεῖν εἴδωλα παρέχοντι Pl. Ti. 71b; ὥσπερ ἐν κ. ἑαυτὸν ὁρῶν Id. Phdr. 255d, etc.; = μηλωτίς, Hp. ap. Erot. (v. κατοπτήρ II): metaph., εὖ γὰρ ἐξεπίσταμαι ὁμιλίας κ. companionshipʼs true mirror, A. Ag. 839; ἡ Ὀδύσσεια καλὸν ἀνθρωπίνου βίου κ. Alcid. ap. Arist. Rh. 1406b13; κ. φύσεος, of a wine-cup, Theopomp. Com.32.3:—spelt κάτροπτον in Att. Inscrr., IG 22.1471.47, 1544.58 (iv B.C.), al., and this form shd. be restored in Pl. Cra. 414c: κάθοπτρον shd. perh. be restored in Annuario 4/5.463.
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