turn at bay
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 > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
πρὸς ἀλκὴν τρέπεσθαι, ἐς ἀλκὴν ἐλθεῖν
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