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στρουθός , , also (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 στρουθῶνA.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; “χερσαῖοςAel.NA14.13; “ ς. ΛιβυκόςArist.PA695a17, 697b14, etc.; “ ἐν ΛιβύῃId.HA616b5; “ ἈράβιοςHeraclid.Cum.2: simply στρουθός, , Ar.Ach.1105, Av.875; , 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., , a plant, = στρούθειον, Thphr.HP9.12.5.
IV. ς., , lewd fellow, lecher, Hsch. (Hsch. cites a form στροῦς : a form *τρουθός may perh. be inferred from the pr. name “ΤρούθωνIG12(9).249B75 (Eretria, iii B.C.), compared with Στρούθιππος ib.241.83 (ibid., iv B.C.); cf. “στρούθειος1.1.)
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 145
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 578
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 875
    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 207
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.159
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.175
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.311
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.5.2
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 1105
    • Lucian, Dipsades, 6
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 14.13
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 14.3
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 17.41
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