- Original: στρουθίον - Transliteration: Strouthion - Phonetic: stroo-thee'-on - Definition: 1. a little bird, esp. of the sparrow sort, a sparrow - Origin: diminutive of strouthos (a sparrow) - TDNT entry: 19:10,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Diminutive of στρουθός strouthos (a sparrow); a little sparrow: - sparrow.