ζυγοστάθμησις
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
German (Pape)
[Seite 1141] ἡ, das Wägen, Tzetz. ad Lycophr. 275.