στρουθός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, also ἡ (v. infr.), ([[στροῦθος]] acc. to Chares ap.Hdn.Gr. <span class="bibl">1</span> p. xix L.) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sparrow]], [[Fringilla domestica]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.311</span> (fem.), Sapph.1.10, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.159</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>207</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>578</span>, <span class="bibl">Epich.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>17.41</span>, <span class="title">Edict.Diocl.</span>4.35, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ μικροὶ σ</b>. Gal.6.700; interpol. in κατάμομφα δὲ φάσματα στρουθῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>145</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σ. αἱ μεγάλαι</b> [[ostriches]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>1.5.2</span>, cf. Gal.6.702, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>920.8</span> (ii/iii A.D.); <b class="b3">οἱ μεγάλοι σ</b>. Gal.6.788: also <b class="b3">σ. κατάγαιος</b> (i.e. the bird that runs, does not fly), <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.175</span>,<span class="bibl">192</span>; χερσαῖος <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.13</span>; ὁ σ. ὁ Λιβυκός <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>695a17</span>, <span class="bibl">697b14</span>, etc.; ὁ ἐν Λιβύῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>616b5</span>; ὁ Ἀράβιος <span class="bibl">Heraclid.Cum.2</span>: simply <b class="b3">στρουθός, ἡ</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1105</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>875</span>; ὁ, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dips.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the mythic birds of Lake Stymphalus, <span class="title">IG</span>14.1293C. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">σ. κατοικάς</b> [[hen]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>60</span>,<span class="bibl">535</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a flat fish, [[flounder]], [[Pleuronectes flesus]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">σ., ὁ</b>, a plant, = [[στρούθειον]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.12.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">σ., ὁ</b>, [[lewd fellow]], [[lecher]], Hsch. (Hsch. cites a form στροῦς: a form *τρουθός may perh. be inferred from the pr. name Τρούθων <span class="title">IG</span>12(9).249<span class="title">B</span>75 (Eretria, iii B.C.), compared with [[Στρούθιππος]] ib.241.83 (ibid., iv B.C.); cf. στρούθειος 1.1.)</span>