callistruthia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

callistrūthĭa, ae (callistrūthis, ĭdis, Col. 10, 416), f. (sc. ficus), = καλλιστρούθια,

a very delicate kind of figs , which sparrows were fond of [Gr. στρουθός], Col. 5, 10, 11; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 69; pure Lat. ficus passerariae, Capitol. Albin. 11, § 2.