μόχθος
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)
ὁ, = Homeric μόγος,
A toil, hardship, distress, ἀμφὶ δ' ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ. Hes.Sc.306; μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, Pi.O.8.7, N.5.48: freq. in Trag., A.Ch.921, S.Ph.480, etc.: also in pl., toils, troubles, hardships, A.Pr.541 (lyr.), etc.; of the labours of Heracles, S.Tr.1101, 1170; μ. τέκνων for them, E.Med.1261 (lyr.); μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασι Epigr. ap. Aeschin.3.184; Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, APl.4.178 (Antip. Sid.).—Rare in early Prose (not in Pl. or Oratt.), cf. μ. καὶ ταλαιπωρίη Democr.223; ἐλευθέριοι μ. X.Smp.2.4; διὰ μόχθων Id.Cyr.1.6.25: freq. in LXX, Ex.18.8, al.; κόπος καὶ μ. 1 Ep.Thess.2.9; μ. implies hardship, πόνος work (but μ. is said to be Cret. for πόνος AB1096).
