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ἴκτερ-ος

ikteros

jaundice

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What it meant

1. ἵκτερος · hikteros — Beekes

ἵκτερος [m.] ‘jaundice’ (Hp.), often plur; also name of a bird, Lat. galgulus (Plin.), named after its color. «ΡΟ» eDER ἱκτερικός, ἱκτερώδης ‘jaundiced, regarding jaundice’ (medic.), also ἱκτεριώδης ‘id.’ (Ηρ. Dsc.; after ἱκτεριάω) and ἱκτερόεις ‘id’ (Nic.); ἱκτερῖτις [f.] ‘rosemary’ (Ps.- Dsc.; used as a remedy, see Stromberg 1944: 29), -itng ‘id.’ (gloss.); ἱκτερίας name of a yellow stone (Plin; like xanviac et … — [Beekes, s.v. ἵκτερος, p. 632]

2. ἵκτερος · hikteros — Chantraine

ἵκτερος : m., généralement au pl. « jaunisse » (Ηρ.), aussi nom d'un oiseau {τὸ lat. gaigulus «loriot») de couleur jaune dont la vue passait pour guérir le malade (Pline) ; doubiet ὕκτηρ est une leçon douteuse dans LXX, Le. 26,16. Dérivés : ἱκτερυιός, ἱκτερώδης «qui se rapporte à la jaunisse » (médecins), avec ἱκτεριώδης (Hp., Dsc.), influencé par ἱκτεριάω; ἱκτερόεις (Nic, poétique). En outre : ἱκτερῖτις 1. (Ps. … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἵκτερος, p. 475]

3. ἴκτερ-ος · ikter-os — LSJ

jaundice

jaundice, Hp. Aph. 4.62 (pl.), Morb. 2.38, Int. 35 (pl.), etc.

II a bird of a yellowish-green colour, galgulus, golden oriole

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).

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