μοχλεία
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, = sq. 1, Arist.Ph.259b20, Supp.Epigr.2.569.19 (Didyma, ii B.C.), Dexipp.Fr.27J. (written μοχλίαις), Orib.49.4.72; μ. τῶν ὀδόντων
A extraction of teeth, Gal.18(2).592; [ὀστῶν] reduction of dislocations, Id.19.461: metaph., dislodgement of chronic disease, esp. by exercise, μοχλείας δεῖσθαι Antyll. ap. Orib.6.1.1, Gal.17(1).839; πρὸς ἀνάμνησιν δέονται τῆς μ. [αἱ ψυχαί] Plu.Fr.7.19, cf. Olymp.in Grg.p.279 J.
