ὥστε ὁ βίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable
(νηῦς): for ships; δόρυ νήιον, ship-timber, also without δόρυ, Ν 3, Il. 16.484.