parasitus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”).

Noun

parasītus m (genitive parasītī); second declension

  1. guest
  2. sponger, parasite, freeloader

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative parasītus parasītī
Genitive parasītī parasītōrum
Dative parasītō parasītīs
Accusative parasītum parasītōs
Ablative parasītō parasītīs
Vocative parasīte parasītī

Derived terms

References
  • parasitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parasitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • parasitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • parasitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • parasitus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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