καταδαπάνη
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)
ἡ,
A absorption, drying up, τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.75.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1345] ἡ, Aufwand, Verwendung, Sp.