Struthion (1)
From Simon Online
Struthion grece passer.
Apparatus:
Strution AD | Struthion C | Struchion B e
Translation:
Struthion is the Greek for Latin passer {"sparrow, small bird; also ostrich"}.
Commentary:
στρουθίον /strouthíon/ is formally a diminutive but acts like a variant form of στροῦθος /stroûthos/ or στρουθός /strouthós/, which means "sparrow" or "any small bird", but στρουθοί αἱ μεγάλαι /strouthoí hai megálai/ "big birds” means "ostriches”. The word στρουθός /strouthós/ also denotes a fish and a plant.
Latin passer, which basically means "sparrow, small bird”, can also stand - as in the case of this entry - for passer marinus "bird brought from across the sea”, i.e. "ostrich” according to Lewis & Short.
See also: Struthion (2), Strutho cameleos