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.
II. a flat fish, flounder, Pleuronectes flesus, Ael.NA14.3.
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.)