parochus

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάροχος (párokhos), from παρέχω (parékhō, “produce, supply”).

Noun

parochus m (genitive parochī); second declension

1. purveyor, commissary, (specifically) an imperial official required to supply travelling magistrates
2. (transferred sense) host (of a guest)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	parochus	parochī
genitive	parochī	parochōrum
dative	parochō	parochīs
accusative	parochum	parochōs
ablative	parochō	parochīs
vocative	paroche	parochī

Etymology 2

From parochia (“parish”) +‎ -us, probably by conflation with Etymology 1.

Noun

parochus m (genitive parochī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) parish priest
2. (Medieval Latin) parishioner

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	parochus	parochī
genitive	parochī	parochōrum
dative	parochō	parochīs
accusative	parochum	parochōs
ablative	parochō	parochīs
vocative	paroche	parochī

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