στρουθός
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
ὁ, also ἡ (v. infr.), (στροῦθος acc. to Chares ap.Hdn.Gr. 1 p. xix L.)
A sparrow, Fringilla domestica, Il.2.311 (fem.), Sapph.1.10, Hdt.1.159, Ar.V.207, Av.578, Epich.45, Ael.NA17.41, Edict.Diocl.4.35, etc.; οἱ μικροὶ σ. Gal.6.700; interpol. in κατάμομφα δὲ φάσματα στρουθῶν A.Ag.145 (lyr.). 2 σ. αἱ μεγάλαι ostriches, X. An.1.5.2, cf. Gal.6.702, POxy.920.8 (ii/iii A.D.); οἱ μεγάλοι σ. Gal.6.788: also σ. κατάγαιος (i.e. the bird that runs, does not fly), Hdt.4.175,192; χερσαῖος Ael.NA14.13; ὁ σ. ὁ Λιβυκός Arist.PA695a17, 697b14, etc.; ὁ ἐν Λιβύῃ Id.HA616b5; ὁ Ἀράβιος Heraclid.Cum.2: simply στρουθός, ἡ, Ar.Ach.1105, Av.875; ὁ, Luc.Dips.6. 3 of the mythic birds of Lake Stymphalus, IG14.1293C. 4 σ. κατοικάς hen, Nic.Al.60,535. II a flat fish, flounder, Pleuronectes flesus, Ael.NA14.3. III σ., ὁ, a plant, = στρούθειον, Thphr.HP9.12.5. IV σ., ὁ, lewd fellow, lecher, Hsch. (Hsch. cites a form στροῦς: a form *τρουθός may perh. be inferred from the pr. name Τρούθων IG12(9).249B75 (Eretria, iii B.C.), compared with Στρούθιππος ib.241.83 (ibid., iv B.C.); cf. στρούθειος 1.1.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 956] ὁ, auch ἡ, att. στροῦθος, vgl. Schol. Ar. Av. 876, jeder kleine Vogel, bes. der Sperling, Spatz, Il. 2, 311 ff, wo das fem. gebraucht ist; masc. bei Her. 1, 159; στρουθὸς ἀνὴρ γίγνεται, Ar. Vesp. 208; Lys. 723 Av. 578; übh. Vogel, Aesch. Ag. 143; – ἡ στροῦθος ist auch der Strauß, Ar. Av. 874 Ach. 1070; eigtl. ἡ μεγάλη στροῦθος, der große Vogel, Her. 4, 175. 192; στροῦθοι κατάγαιοι, u. später auch χερσαῖαι, vgl. Wessel. Her. 4, 175 u. Schneid. Xen. An. 1, 5, 3. – Auch das Kraut στρουθίον, Theophr. – Uebertr. ist ὁ στροῦθος ein geiler, verbuhlter Mensch, weil die Spatzen ihrer Geilheit wegen von jeher bekannt waren, Hesych.
