σκάλισις

From LSJ

ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world

Source

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκάλῐσις: ἡ, = σκάλσις, διάφορ. γραφ. ἐν Θεοφρ. περὶ Φυτ. Αἰτ. 3. 20, 6., 4. 13, 3· σκᾰλισμός, ὁ, ἴδε Εὐνάπ. σ. 59.

German (Pape)

ἡ, = σκαλισμός, Theophr.