κατοπτρίζομαι

From LSJ
Revision as of 17:45, 25 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (strοng)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

Source

English (Strong)

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.