struthio

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn); or shortened from strūthiocamēlus, from Ancient Greek στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος (strouthokắmēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”). The first element of both Greek words is likely related to Latin turdus (“thrush”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstruː.tʰi.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstruː.ti.o] === Noun === strūthiō m (genitive strūthiōnis); third declension (Late Latin) ostrich ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (ostrich): strūthiocamēlus ==== Related terms ==== strūtheus strūthiocamēlinus strūthiocamēlus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “struthio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "struthio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “struthio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.