χειά
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)
Ion. χειή, ἡ,
A hole, esp. of serpents, Il.22.93,95, Plu.2.169e, Orph.L.473; ἥβαν οὐχ ὑπὸ χειᾷ δάμασεν he buried not his youth in a hole, Pi.I.8(7).77: pl., Schwyzer 194.5 (Crete).
