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
rūpĭ-căpra: ae,f. rupes,
I a chamois, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214; 11, 37, 45, § 124; 28, 17, 67, § 231.
rūpĭcăpra, æ, f. (rupes, capra), chamois animal : Plin. 8, 214.