ἴκτερος

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. HN 30.94 (who identifies it with galgulus, the golden oriole).