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|lshtext=<b>părăsītus</b>: i, m., = [[παράσιτος]] | |lshtext=<b>părăsītus</b>: i, m., = [[παράσιτος]], lit. one [[who]] eats [[with]] [[another]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> In gen., a [[guest]] ([[pure]] Lat. [[conviva]]): parasiti Jovis, the gods, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 7; App. M. 10, p. 246, 35.—Hence, [[parasitus]] Phoebi, a [[player]], [[actor]], Mart. 9, 29, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., in a [[bad]] [[sense]], one [[who]], by [[flattery]] and [[buffoonery]], manages to [[live]] at [[another]]'s [[expense]], a sponger, [[toad]]-eater, [[parasite]] (syn. [[scurra]]): nos parasiti planius ... Quasi mures [[semper]] edimus alienum cibum, etc., Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 7; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 3; id. Stich. 2, 1, 42: parasitorum in comoediis [[assentatio]], Cic. Lael. 26, 98: edaces parasiti, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Juv. 1, 139. —Comically, of a [[whip]]: ne ulmos parasitos faciat, [[that]] he [[will]] [[make]] his [[elm]]-twigs [[stick]] to me [[like]] parasites, i. e. [[give]] me a [[sound]] [[flogging]], Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 5.—The tutelar [[deity]] of parasites [[was]] [[Hercules]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79. | ||
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părăsītus: i, m., = παράσιτος, lit. one who eats with another; hence,
I In gen., a guest (pure Lat. conviva): parasiti Jovis, the gods, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 7; App. M. 10, p. 246, 35.—Hence, parasitus Phoebi, a player, actor, Mart. 9, 29, 9.—
II In partic., in a bad sense, one who, by flattery and buffoonery, manages to live at another's expense, a sponger, toad-eater, parasite (syn. scurra): nos parasiti planius ... Quasi mures semper edimus alienum cibum, etc., Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 7; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 3; id. Stich. 2, 1, 42: parasitorum in comoediis assentatio, Cic. Lael. 26, 98: edaces parasiti, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Juv. 1, 139. —Comically, of a whip: ne ulmos parasitos faciat, that he will make his elm-twigs stick to me like parasites, i. e. give me a sound flogging, Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 5.—The tutelar deity of parasites was Hercules, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79.
