nictor
From LSJ
ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → for extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable (Corpus Hippocraticum, Aphorisms 1.6.2)
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nictor, ārī, intr., cligner, clignoter : *Plin. 11, 143 || faire des mouvements saccadés : Cæcil. 72, cf. P. Fest. 177.