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
gentĭcus: a, um, adj. gens,
I of or belonging to a nation, national (post-Aug.): quibus more gentico continuum ferri tegimen, Tac. A. 3, 43; 6, 33: pro gentica devotione, Tert. de Anim. 39.