struthio

See also: Struthio

Latin

strūthiōnēs (ostriches)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn); or shortened from strūthiocamēlus, from Ancient Greek στρουθιοκάμηλος (strouthiokámēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”). The first element of both Greek words is likely related to Latin turdus (“thrush”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstruː.tʰi.oː/

Noun

strūthiō m (genitive strūthiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) ostrich

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	strūthiō	strūthiōnēs
Genitive	strūthiōnis	strūthiōnum
Dative	strūthiōnī	strūthiōnibus
Accusative	strūthiōnem	strūthiōnēs
Ablative	strūthiōne	strūthiōnibus
Vocative	strūthiō	strūthiōnēs

Synonyms

(ostrich): strūthiocamēlus

Related terms

Descendants

Asturian: avestruz
Catalan: estruç
English: ostrich, struthious
French: autruche
Galician: avestruz
German, Old High: strūz
- German: Strauß
Italian: struzzo

Megleno-Romanian: ştruş
Occitan: estruci
Portuguese: avestruz
Romanian: struț
Spanish: avestruz
Translingual: Struthio
Welsh: estrys

References

struthio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
struthio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
struthio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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