parochus

Latin

Etymology

Found in Ecclesiastical Latin. From Late Latin parochia (“diocese”), from Byzantine Greek παροικία (paroikía, “parish, diocese”), from πάροικος (pároikos, “sojourner”), originally in Ancient Greek as "neighbor," from παρά (pará, “near”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Noun

parochus m (genitive parochī); second declension

1. purveyor, commissary

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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.