στρούθιον

A. of an ostrich, ᾠόν PMich.Zen. 9r.2 (iii B.C.); ὀειὸν( = ᾠόν)τρούθ[ιον] Sammelb. 7243.21 (iv A.D.); cf. στρουθός fin.

2. (sc. κρέας),= passerina caro, Gloss. (written stroiton).

II. ‐ειον 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.

III. ‐ειον,= στρουθός 111, soap-wort, Saponaria officinalis, Orph. A. 960, Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, Thphr. HP 6.4.3, Eub. 104 (lyr.), PCair.Zen. 430.15 (iii B.C.), Dsc. 2.163, POxy. 1088.26 (i A.D.), 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.