παράσιτος

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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • παρασιτέω (parasitéō)
  • παρασίτησις (parasítēsis)
  • παρασιτία (parasitía)
  • παρασιτικός (parasitikós)
  • παρασίτιον (parasítion)

Descendants
  • → Latin: parasītus

Further reading
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