παλίμπωλος
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,
A = παλίμπρατος, v.l. in Poll.7.12; esp. of works not completed by the first contractor and given to another, IG7.3073.26 (Lebad.), BCH20.324 (ibid.).