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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek καθρέφτης (kathréphtēs), from earlier καθρέπτης (kathréptēs), from unattested *κάθρεπτον (*káthrepton) < *κάθροπτον (*káthropton), from Koine Greek κάθοπτρον (káthoptron), from Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον (kátoptron).[1] Compare the borrowing κάτοπτρο (kátoptro).
Noun
καθρέφτης • (kathréftis) m (plural καθρέφτες)
- mirror
- (dated) looking glass
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