παραμασήτης
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)
παραμασήτου, ὁ, (μασάομαι) trencher-companion, parasite, Alex.236, Timocl.9.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 489] ὁ, Mitkauer, komisch = παράσιτος, Alexis bei Ath. VI, 242 c u. A.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
παραμᾰσήτης: -ου, ὁ, (μασάομαι) ὁ κατὰ τὴν μάσησιν σύντροφος, ὡς τὸ παράσιτος, Ἄλεξις ἐν «Τροφονίῳ» 3, Τιμοκλῆς ἐν «Ἐπιστολαῖς» 2. 6· - οὕτω παραμᾰσύντης, ου, Ἄλεξις ἐν «Ταραντίνοις» 4, 8, Ἔφιππος ἐν «Ἐφήβοις» 1.
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, Α
σύντροφος σε τραπέζι, συνδαιτημόνας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < παρ(α)- + μασῶμαι].
