ἴκτερος
From LSJ
καὶ τοσαύτῃ περιουσίᾳ χρήσασθαι πονηρίας → in the veriest extravagance of malice
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A 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.HN30.94 (who identifies it with galgulus, the golden oriole).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1249] ὁ, die Gelbsucht, Hipp. u. a. Medic. – Auch ein gelber Vogel, dessen Anblick, wie man glaubte, die Gelbsucht heilte, Plin. H. N. 30, 18.
