πολύπτωτος
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
ον, (πτῶσις)
A with or in many cases, σχῆμα, a rhetorical figure, employment of the same word in various cases, Hermog.Id.1.12, Eust.349.39; σχηματισμός Id.105.26; τὸ π. alone, Quint.Inst.9.3.37, Longin.23.1 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 670] mit oder in vielen Fällen, Casus, Gramm.; τὸ πολ., Quinctil. 9, 3, 36, eine rhetorische Figur; vgl. Longin. 23, 1