παράσῑτ-ος · parasit-os — LSJ
one who eats at the table of another, and repays him with flattery and buffoonery, parasite
one who eats at the table of another, and repays him with flattery and buffoonery, parasite, Epich. 36, Arar. 16, etc.; name of plays by Antiph., Alex., and Diph.; περὶ Παρασίτου, title of work by Luc.: c. gen., κενῆς π. τραπέζης AP 11.346 (Autom.) : metaph., ἰχθὺς ἦν π. (v. ὄψον) Luc. Lex. 6.
II priests who had their meals at the public expense
of priests who had their meals at the public expense, Clitodem. 11, Polem.Hist. 78.
2 one who dines with a superior officer
one who dines with a superior officer, Arist. Fr. 551.