Lewis Short
părŏchus (noun 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).
* Lit., Cic. Att. 13, 2, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46.
* Transf., an entertainer, host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 36.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary