tool
From LSJ
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. ἐργαλεῖον, τό, σιδήριον, τό, P. and V. ὄργανον, τό σίδηρος, ὁ (Thuc. 4, 69).
Met., hireling: use adj., Ar. and P. μισθωτός.
It is plain if he be acquitted now that he will be his (Philip's) tool against you: δῆλός ἐστιν ἄνπερ ἐκφύγῃ νῦν καθ' ὑμῶν ὑπάρξων ἐκείνῳ (Dem. 377).
