I.of or belonging to sparrows: mala (sparrow-apples), a particular kind of apples, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 38; Cato, R. R. 7, 3; Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7; Col. 5, 10, 19: “strutheum in mimis praecipue vocant obscenam partem virilem, a salacitate videlicet passeris, qui Graece struthos dicitur,” Fest. p. 313 Müll.
strūthĕus (strūthĭus ), a, um, adj., = στρούθιος,