α, ον, of an ostrich, ᾠόν PMich. Zen. 9r. 2 (iii BC); ὀειὸν (= ᾠόν) τρούθ[ιον] Sammelb. 7243.21 (iv AD); cf. στρουθός fin. (sc. κρέας), = passerina caro, Gloss. (written stroiton). στρούθειον μῆλον, τό, a kind of quince, Pyrus Cydonia, AP 6.252 (Antiphil.); so without μῆλον, Nic. Al. 234; also written στρούθιον, Thphr. HP 2.2.5, Dsc. 1.115, cf. Philem. 1, Gal. 6.450 (parox.), 602. στρούθειον, = στρουθός III, soap-wort, Saponaria officinalis, Orph. A. 960, Hp. Nat. Mul. 32, Thphr. HP 6.4.3, Eub. 104 (lyr.), PCair. Zen. 430.15 (iii BC), Dsc. 2.163, POxy. 1088.26 (i AD), Aret. CA 1.2; usu. written στρούθιον in codd., but στρούθειον in Orph. l.c., corroborated by the metre and by στρούθεον in PCair. Zen. l.c. ; the metre is doubtful in Eub. l.c. ; both στρούθιον and -ειον are found in PHolm., 15.2, al., 25.22.

vom od. zum Vogel, zum Spatz oder Strauß gehörig. – Aber στρούθειον μῆλον bei Antiphil. 3 (VI.252) ist = στρουθίον 3.