στρουθός: Difference between revisions

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