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παρασῑτ-έω

parasiteo

board and lodge with

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παρασῑτ-έω · parasit-eō — LSJ

board and lodge with

board and lodge with, τινι Pl. La. 179b.

2 play the parasite, became a parasite

play the parasite, ἀφʼ οὗ παρασιτῶ from the time I became a parasite, Alex. 195, cf. Axionic. 6.1, Diph. 63, Luc. Par. 4 ; π. τινί Alex. 201.1 ; τινα Phld. Herc. 223 ; ἀλλοτρίων π. ἀγαθῶν Socr. Ep. 1.4.

II to be honoured with a seat at the public table

to be honoured with a seat at the public table, Plu. Sol. 24 ; prop. of the priests named παράσιτοι (v. παράσιτος II.1), π. ἐν τῷ Δηλίῳ Lex ap. Ath. 6.234f.

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