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.