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
prăsŏīdes: is, m., = πρασοειδής> (leekcolored, leek-green, prasinous),
I a kind of topaz, perh. a species of jasper, Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109.