The corpus record

κατοπτρ-ίζω

katoptrizo

show as in a mirror

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Where it lives

2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

κατοπτρ-ίζω · katoptr-izō — LSJ

show as in a mirror, by reflexion, to be mirrored

show as in a mirror or by reflexion, τοῦ-ίζοντος [τὴν ἶριν] ἀστέρος Placit. 3.5.11:—Pass., to be mirrored, Anon. Oxy. 1609.19.

II look into a mirror, behold oneself in it

Med., look into a mirror, behold oneself in it, Zeno Stoic. 1.66, S.E. P. 1.48, Ath. 15.687c, etc.

2 behold as in a mirror, reflect

behold as in a mirror, ἰδέαν Ph. 1.107; δόξαν Κυρίου 2 Ep.Cor. 3.18 (but here perh. reflect).

In the wild

κατοπτρίζεσθαι · katoptrizesthai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1303)
κατοπτρίζεσθαι · katoptrizesthai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2509)
κατοπτρίσασθαι · katoptrisasthai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5590)
κατοπτριζόμενοι · katoptrizomenoi New Testament, 2 Corinthians 3.18 (DIORISIS sentence 54)

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