- ἔσοπτρον
- ἔσοπτρον, ου, τό (Pind., N. 7, 14 [20]; Anacreontea 7, 3; 22, 5 Pr.; Plut., Mor. 139e; Epict. 2, 14, 21; 3, 22, 51; Proclus on Plato, Timaeus 33b Diehl II p. 80, 20; CPR I, 27, 10 [190 A.D.]; ins s. New Docs 4, 149f; POxy 978; 1449, 19 ἔσοπτρον ἀργυροῦν; Wsd 7:26; Sir 12:11; TestJob 33:8; Philo, Migr. Abr. 98; Jos., Ant. 12, 81; ὁρᾶσθαι τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῷ ἐ. Theoph. Ant. 1, 2 [p. 60, 23]) mirror κατανοεῖν τὸ πρόσωπον ἐν ἐ. look at one’s face in a mirror Js 1:23. διʼ ἐσόπτρου βλέπειν ἐν αἰνίγματι see indirectly in a mirror (because one sees not the thing itself, but its mirror-image; cp. Herm. Wr. 17) 1 Cor 13:12. On this s. Straub 44–46; RSeeberg: D. Reformation 10, 1911, 137–39; Rtzst., Hist. Mon. 238–55; HAchelis, Bonwetsch Festschr. 1918, 56ff; PCorssen, ZNW 19, 1920, 2–10; SBassett, 1 Cor 13:12: JBL 47, 1928, 232ff; JBehm, D. Bildwort v. Spiegel 1 Cor 13:12: RSeeberg Festschr. I 1929, 315–42; WKnox, St. Paul and the Church of the Gentiles ’39, 121 n. 4; APerry, ET 58, ’46/47, 279; NHugedé, La Métaphore du miroir dans 1 et 2 Cor. ’57; FDanker, CTM 30, ’60, 428f. S. the lit. on 1 Cor 13 s.v. ἀγάπη 1aα, esp. HRiesenfeld, ConNeot 5. At Ox 1081, 43 [……]ρω must certainly be read ἐσόπτρῳ after the Coptic (s. WTill, TU 60/5 [’55] 223).—New Docs 4, 149f. DELG s.v. ὄπωπα. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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