parochus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάροχος (párokhos), from παρέχω (parékhō, “produce, supply”). ==== Noun ==== parochus m (genitive parochī); second declension purveyor, commissary, (specifically) an imperial official required to supply travelling magistrates (transferred sense) host (of a guest) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === From parochia (“parish”) +‎ -us, probably by conflation with Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== parochus m (genitive parochī); second declension (Medieval Latin) parish priest (Medieval Latin) parishioner ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== Italian: parroco Portuguese: pároco Spanish: párroco === References === “parochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “parochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “parochus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “parochus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC