κάτοπτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[mirror]], κ. εἴδους χαλκός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>393</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>429</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τίς γὰρ κατόπτρῳ καὶ τυφλῷ κοινωνία</b>; Com. ap. Stob.4.30.6a; κ. ἀνδρομήκη Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.206S.; ἐν κατόπτρῳ… κατιδεῖν εἴδωλα παρέχοντι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>71b</span>; ὥσπερ ἐν κ. ἑαυτὸν ὁρῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>255d</span>, etc.; = [[μηλωτίς]], Hp. ap. Erot. (v. κατοπτήρ <span class="bibl">11</span>): metaph., <b class="b3">εὖ γὰρ ἐξεπίσταμαι ὁμιλίας κ</b>. companionship's true [[mirror]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>839</span>; ἡ Ὀδύσσεια καλὸν ἀνθρωπίνου βίου κ. Alcid. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1406b13</span>; <b class="b3">κ. φύσεος</b>, of a wine-cup, Theopomp. Com.<span class="bibl">32.3</span>:—spelt κάτροπτον in Att. Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>22.1471.47, 1544.58 (iv B.C.), al., and this form shd. be restored in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>414c</span>: κάθοπτρον shd. perh. be restored in <span class="title">Annuario</span> 4/5.463.</span>