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
lābēcŭla: ae, f.
dim. 2. labes,
I a slight stain or disgrace, a blemish; opprobrium: alicui aspergere labeculam, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41.