ἐναίσιμος
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)
ον, (αἶσα) Ep. Adj. (rare in Trag.)
A ominous, fateful, οὐδ' ἦλθον ἐναίσιμον (as Adv.) Il.6.519; ὄρνιθας γνῶναι καὶ ἐναίσιμα μυθήσασθαι Od.2.159; οὐδέ τε πάντες ἐναίσιμοι [ὄρνιθες] ib.182; esp. in good sense, seasonable, of omens, ἐ. σήματα φαίνων Il.2.353: generally, favourable, boding good, λιγνὺν ἐναίσιμον ἀΐσσουσαν A.R.1.438. II of persons, their thoughts, etc., righteous, ἀνὴρ ὃς ἐ. εἴη Od.10.383; οἵ τινές εἰσιν ἐ. οἵ τ' ἀθέμιστοι 17.363; ᾧ οὔτ' ἂρ φρένες εἰσὶν ἐ. (of Achilles) Il.24.40, cf. Od.18.220; ἐμοὶ νόος ἐστὶν ἐ. 5.190; so τοῦτό γ' ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησεν 2.123, 7.299; ἐ. τίει [βίον] A.Ag.775(lyr.); γῆρας γὰρ ἐ. ἄνδρατίθησιν makes him honoured, Opp.H.1.683. 2 of things, fit, proper, ἐ. δῶρα διδοῦναι ἀθανάτοις Il.24.425, cf. h.Cer.369. Adv. -μως fitly, becomingly, αἰνεῖν A.Ag. 916; μή νυν ὑπέρβαλλ', ἀλλ' ἐ. φέρε E.Alc.1077.
