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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who eats at the table of another]], [[and repays him with flattery and buffoonery]], [[parasite]], <span class="bibl">Epich.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Arar.16</span>, etc.; name of plays by Antiph., Alex., and Diph.; <b class="b3">περὶ Παρασίτου</b>, title of work by Luc.: c. gen., κενῆς π. τραπέζης <span class="title">AP</span>11.346 (Autom.) : metaph., <b class="b3">ἰχθὺς ἦν π</b>. (v. [[ὄψον]]) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[priests who had their meals at the public expense]], Clitodem.''ΙΙ'', <span class="bibl">Polem.Hist.78</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[one who dines with a superior officer]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>551</span>.</span>