κατασκέλλομαι
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)
Pass.,
A become a skeleton, wither away, φαρμάκων Χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο A.Pr.481: mostly in pf. Act. κατέσκληκα, Thphr. CP6.14.11, Luc.Gall.29, Gal.UP8.7, etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν πόνων Alciphr.3.19, cf. Luc.Bis Acc.34: plpf., λιμῶ κατεσκλήκει Babr.46.8; to behard or frozen, Thphr. l.c.: metaph., -εσκληκώς austere, Philostr.VS1.18.1.
