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
fade: P. and V. μαραίνεσθαι; see fade.
Met., pass away: P. and V. διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν, φθίνειν (Plato).