κακοῦν

From LSJ

ὥστεβίος, 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

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: κακόω) harass, harm, ill-treat, impair, injure, affict, do a mischief

Lexicon Thucydideum

malo afficere, frangere, debilitare, to harm, crush, weaken, 1.33.3, 3.87.2, [vulgo commonly ἀθηναίους τε, et post and after μᾶλλον additur is added τούτου ἐπίεσε καὶ]. 6.18.4, 6.85.1, 7.24.3, 7.27.3, 8.5.5,
item likewise 8.32.3. 8.45.1, 78,
infestare, to harass, disturb, 2.25.1, 4.52.3,
PASS. frangi, debilitari, to be crushed, weakened, 1.38.6, 2.61.2, 3.112.8, 4.25.10, 4.87.2. 6.78.2. 8.60.2. 8.68.2.