παράσιτος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
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 AP11.346 (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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 498] neben, mit oder bei einem Andern essend, nach Ath. VI, 234 e ff. ursprünglich im guten Sinne, bes. von Priestern, die beim Opfer gemeinschaftlich aßen, in VLL. οἱ ἐπὶ τὴν ἱεροῦ σίτου ἐκλογὴν αἱρούμενοι. – Gew. aber der Schmarotzer, der, um freien Tisch zu haben, sich zum Schmeichler oder Possenreißer hergiebt, vgl. Ath. a. a. O. Sie wurden eine stehende Charaktermaske der neueren Comödie. – Luc. Lexiph. 6 sagt für ὄψον geziert ἰχθὺς παράσιτος.
