climacter
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
clīmacter: ēris, m., = κλιμακτήρ> (gradation),
I a critical epoch in human life, a climacteric (in accordance with the ancient belief, the years 7, 14, 21, 28, etc.), Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 161; Gell. 3, 10, 9; Firm. Math. 4, 14; Censor. 14 (cf. κλιμακτήρ> in Lidd. and Scott).