părŏchus
i, m.
I.
a purveyor, a person who, for a certain sum, furnished travelling magistrates with necessaries, as beds, hay, straw, salt, etc. (pure Lat. copiarius).
I.
Lit., Cic. Att. 13, 2, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46.—
II.
Transf., an entertainer, host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 36.