παράσῑτ-ος · parasit-os — LSJ
one who eats at the table of another, and repays him with flattery and buffoonery, parasite
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παράσῑτ-ος
parasitos · ὁ
one who eats at the table of another, and repays him with flattery and buffoonery, parasite
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Distribution
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4 · 0.37/10k
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Attestations
- παράσιτος · parasitos Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 271)
- Παρασίτῳ · Parasitōi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2429)
- παρασίτους · parasitous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4976)
- παράσιτος · parasitos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.5 (DIORISIS sentence 5337)
- παράσιτον · parasiton Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8735)
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