στρουθός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • στροῦθος (stroûthos)

Etymology

The etymology remains highly uncertain, but Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

στρουθός • (strouthós) m or f (genitive στρουθοῦ); second declension

  1. house sparrow, Passer domesticus
  2. flatfish, European flounder, Platichthys flesus ( <= Pleuronectes flesus).
  3. ostrich

Declension
Second declension of ὁ στρουθός; τοῦ στρουθοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ στρουθός
ho strouthós		 τὼ στρουθώ
tṑ strouthṓ		 οἱ στρουθοί
hoi strouthoí
Genitive τοῦ στρουθοῦ
toû strouthoû		 τοῖν στρουθοῖν
toîn strouthoîn		 τῶν στρουθῶν
tôn strouthôn
Dative τῷ στρουθῷ
tôi strouthôi		 τοῖν στρουθοῖν
toîn strouthoîn		 τοῖς στρουθοῖς
toîs strouthoîs
Accusative τὸν στρουθόν
tòn strouthón		 τὼ στρουθώ
tṑ strouthṓ		 τοὺς στρουθούς
toùs strouthoús
Vocative στρουθέ
strouthé		 στρουθώ
strouthṓ		 στρουθοί
strouthoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • στρουθίζω (strouthízō)
  • στρουθίον (strouthíon)

Further reading
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