strutheus

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

strūthĕus (strūthĭus), a, um, adj., = στρούθιος,

of or belonging to sparrows : mala ( sparrow-apples ), a particular kind of apples, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 38; Cato R. R. 7, 3; Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7; Col. 5, 10, 19: strutheum in mimis praecipue vocant obscenam partem virilem, a salacitate videlicet passeris, qui Graece struthos dicitur, Fest. p. 313 Müll.