parochus
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
părŏchus: i, m., = πάροχος,
I a purveyor, a person who, for a certain sum, furnished travelling magistrates with necessaries, as beds, hay, straw, salt, etc. (pure Lat. copiarius).
I Lit., Cic. Att. 13, 2, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46.—
II Transf., an entertainer, host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 36.
