παράσιτος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρά (pará, “beside”) +‎ σῖτος (sîtos, “wheat, corn”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰράσῑτος • (parásītos) m (genitive πᾰρᾰσῑ́του); second declension

  1. one who eats at the table of another, parasite
  2. priest who had his meal at the public expense
  3. one who dines with a superior officer

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πᾰράσῑτος; τοῦ πᾰρασῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πᾰράσῑτος
ho parásītos 		τὼ πᾰρασῑ́τω
tṑ parasī́tō 		οἱ πᾰράσῑτοι
hoi parásītoi
Genitive τοῦ πᾰρασῑ́του
toû parasī́tou 		τοῖν πᾰρασῑ́τοιν
toîn parasī́toin 		τῶν πᾰρασῑ́των
tôn parasī́tōn
Dative τῷ πᾰρασῑ́τῳ
tôi parasī́tōi 		τοῖν πᾰρασῑ́τοιν
toîn parasī́toin 		τοῖς πᾰρασῑ́τοις
toîs parasī́tois
Accusative τὸν πᾰράσῑτον
tòn parásīton 		τὼ πᾰρασῑ́τω
tṑ parasī́tō 		τοὺς πᾰρασῑ́τους
toùs parasī́tous
Vocative πᾰράσῑτε
parásīte 		πᾰρασῑ́τω
parasī́tō 		πᾰράσῑτοι
parásītoi
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: parasītus

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