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“jaundice” in Latin
icterusa yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice; perhaps loriot, golden oriolearquātusalternative form of arcuātus (“arched”); rainbow-coloured
The English word jaundice itself goes back to Latin galbus, through galbinus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
jaundice
icterus (ἴκτερος, as technical term of modern medicine; ☞ Plin., 30, 11, 28); pure Latin, morbus regius or arquatus; fellis suffusio; suffusio bilis luridae; bilis suffusa. The white jaundice, *icterus albus: the black jaundice, *icterus niger.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for jaundice?
- The usual Latin words for “jaundice” are icterus, arquātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.