ἴκτερος

ἴκτερ-ος, ὁ,

• jaundice, Hp. Aph. 4.62 (pl.), Morb. 2.38, Int. 35 (pl.), etc.
• • II a bird of a yellowish-green colour, by looking at which a jaundiced person was cured—the bird died! Plin. HN 30.94 (who identifies it with galgulus, the golden oriole).

ἴκτερος, ὁ, die Gelbsucht, Hipp. u. a. Medic. – Auch ein gelber Vogel, dessen Anblick, wie man glaubte, die Gelbsucht heilte, Plin. H.N. 30.18.