Lewis & Short

† părōtis, ĭdis, f., = παρωτίς,

  1. I. a tumor near the ears, a parotis: parotidas tollere, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 229: parotidas reprimere, id. 20, 9, 36, § 95: comprimere, id. 28, 11, 48, § 177: cohibere, id. 35, 17, 57, § 195: discutere, id. 20, 15, 59, § 167: lenire, id. 28, 7, 23, § 82: sanare, id. 20, 1, 2, § 4.
    In sing., Plin. 24, 5, 10, § 15 (in Cels. 5, 18, 18; 6, 16, written as Greek).
  2. II. Transf., a bracket or console of a hyperthyrum, Vitr. 4, 6, 4.