κλιμακηδόν
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
Adv., (κλῖμαξ)
A like a ladder or stairs, A.D.Adv.197.19: wrongly written κλημακιδόν in Hsch. s.v. προκρόσσας.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1453] stufenweis, auch = nach Art einer Treppe, Sp.