αἱρετός
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)
ή, όν,
A that may be taken or conquered, δόλῳ Hdt.4.201; to be understood, Pl.Phd. 81b. II (αἱρέομαι) to be chosen, eligible, opp. φευκτός, Pl.Phlb. 21d sq., Arist.EN1097a32, etc.: freq. in Comp. or Sup., Hdt.1.126, 156, al.; ζόης πονηρᾶς θάνατος αἱρετώτερος A.Fr.401. 2 chosen, elected, esp. opp. κληρωτός, Isoc.12.154, Pl.Lg.759b, Arist.Pol.1294b9, cf. Pl.Lg.915c, Aeschin.3.13; αἱ. βασιλῆς Pl.Mx.238d; τυραννίς Arist.Pol.1285a31:—αἱ. ἄνδρες commissioners, Plu.Lyc.26. οἱ αἱ. X. An.1.3.21: = Lat.optiones, Lyd.Mag.1.46. 3 that may be chosen, opp. αἱρετέος (q.v.), Chrysipp.Stoic.3.22.
