παρασιτέω

A. board and lodge with, τινι Pl. La. 179b.

2. play the parasite, ἀφ’ οὗ παρασιτῶ from the time I became a parasite, Alex. 195, cf. Axionic. 6.1, Diph. 63, Luc. Par. 4 ; π. τινί Alex. 201.1 ; τινα Phld. Herc. 223 ; ἀλλοτρίων π. ἀγαθῶν Socr. Ep. 1.4.

II. to be honoured with a seat at the public table, Plu. Sol. 24 ; prop. of the priests named παράσιτοι (v. παράσιτος 11.1), π. ἐν τῷ Δηλίῳ Lexap.Ath. 6.234f.