κατασκελής

A. meagre, of style, D.H. Isoc. 2; τὸ τῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν ἐπιτεχνημάτων κ. the meagreness or inadequacy of human contrinances. Ptol. Alm. 13.2.

II. hard, difficult, μέθοδος Id. Harm. 2.13, cf. 2.2.