nictor
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nictor, ārī, intr., cligner, clignoter : *Plin. 11, 143 || faire des mouvements saccadés : Cæcil. 72, cf. P. Fest. 177.