parasitatio

ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

părăsītātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a playing the parasite, sponging, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23.