παράσιτος

A. one who eats at the table of another, and repays him with flattery and buffoonery, parasite, Epich. 36, Arar. 16, etc.; name of plays by Antiph., Alex., and Diph.; περὶ Παρασίτου, title of work by Luc.: c. gen., κενῆς π. τραπέζης AP 11.346 (Autom.) : metaph., ἰχθὺς ἦν π. (v. ὄψον) Luc. Lex. 6.

II. of priests who had their meals at the public expense, Clitodem.11, Polem.Hist. 78.

2. one who dines with a superior officer, Arist. Fr. 551.