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
harpăga: ae, f., = ἁρπάγη,
I a hook, for the usual harpago, Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 20.