ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ βελτίω → for worse or for better, for better or for worse
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.
