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parochus

parochus, a purveyor, provincial officer, required to entertain travelling magistrates

părŏchus, i, m., = πάροχος, a purveyor, a person who, for a certain sum, furnished travelling magistrates with necessaries, as beds, hay, straw, salt, etc. (pure Lat. copiarius).
  • I Lit., Cic. Att. 13, 2, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46.—
  • II Transf., an entertainer, host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 36.

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