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
hard, stiff: P. and V. σκληρός, στερεός, Ar. and V. στερρός, V. στυφλός, περισκελής.
self-willed: P. and V. αὐθάδης.
of diseases, etc.; P. ἰσχυρός.
stubbornly contested, of a battle: P. καρτερός, ἰσχυρός.