Ἐκ τῶν γυναικῶν ὄλλυται κόσμος μέγας → Magna ornamenta pereunt propter mulieres → Zum Opfer fällt den Frauen eine Menge Schmuck
middle voice from a compound of κατά and a derivative of ὀπτάνομαι (compare ἔσοπτρον); to mirror oneself, i.e. to see reflected (figuratively): behold as in a glass.
