ἐπικαταίρω
From LSJ
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
English (LSJ)
intr.,
A swoop down upon, νεκροῖς ὥσπερ ὄρνιν Plu.Pomp.31.
German (Pape)
[Seite 946] darüber herfallen, νεκροῖς ὥςπερ ὄρνιν ἐπικαταίρειν Plut. Pomp. 31 E.