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Take, for example, the word katoptron; why is the letter r inserted?
The CRATYLUS Plato 1975
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Take, for example, the word katoptron; why is the letter rho inserted?
Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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For example, what business has the letter rho in the word katoptron, or the letter sigma in the word sphigx?
Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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St. Basil's katoptron may rather be suggested by 2 Cor.iii. 18, where the original is katoptrizomenoi.
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There is a great deal of 'mischief' lurking in the following: 'I found myself in greater perplexity about justice than I was before I began to learn;' 'The rho in katoptron must be the addition of some one who cares nothing about truth, but thinks only of putting the mouth into shape;' 'Tales and falsehoods have generally to do with the Tragic and goatish life, and tragedy is the place of them.'
Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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Another view is taken of the passage, by which a tacit antithesis is instituted between katoptron and eikōn: “Dominus nos katoptrizei, splendorem faciei suæ in corda nostra, tanquam in specula immittens: nos illum splendorem suscipimus et referimus.
Christologia 1616-1683 1965
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Another view is taken of the passage, by which a tacit antithesis is instituted between katoptron and eikon: "Dominus nos katoptrizei, splendorem faciei suae in corda nostra, tanquam in specula immittens: nos illum splendorem suscipimus et referimus.
Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ 1616-1683 1965
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[Greek: Tae Paphiae to katoptron, epei toiae men orasthai
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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