κάτοπτρον, τό,
mirror, κ. εἴδους χαλκός [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 393, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 429, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς γὰρ κατόπτρῳ καὶ τυφλῷ κοινωνί; Comedy texts cited in [[ 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.30.6a; κ. ἀνδρομήκη 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.206S.; ἐν κατόπτρῳ.. κατιδεῖν εἴδωλα παρέχοντι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 71b; ὥσπερ ἐν κ. ἑαυτὸν ὁρῶν [prev. author] “Phdr.” 255d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={μηλωτίς}, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus (see. κατοπτήρ 11): _metaphorically_, εὖ γὰρ ἐξεπίσταμαι ὁμιλίας κ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] companionship's true mirror, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 839; ἡ Ὀδύσσεια καλὸν ἀνθρωπίνου βίου κ. 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1406b13; κ. φύσεος, of a wine-cup, Theopomp. Comedy texts 32.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—spelt κάτροπτον in Attic dialect Inscrr., [[ “IG” 22.1471.47, 1544.58 (4th c.BC), +others] Refs 4th c.BC+], and this form should be restored in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 414c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: κάθοπτρον should perhaps be restored in [[ “Annuario” 4/5.463. ] Refs]