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
sĕcŭla: ae, f. seco,
I a sickle, so called by the Campanians, Varr. L. L. 5, § 137 Müll.