παράσημον

A. marginal mark or note, παράσημα ποιεῖσθαι Arist. SE 177b6.

II. distinguishing mark, in various senses : ensign of a ship, παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις with the Dioscuri as the sign or emblem, Act.Ap. 28.11, cf. Plu. 2.162a ; of a city, ib.399f ; of patricians and plebeians, Id. Cor. 20 ; τὰ τῆς ἡγεμονίας π. Id. Ant. 33 ; τὸ π. ὃ ἐπετίθεντο τῇ κεφαλῇ οἱ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεῖς Ath. 12.514a, cf. PGnom. 194 (ii A. D.) π. στρατηγικά, = Lat. insignia praetoria, Plu. Sull. 9 ; characteristic mark, τὸ βασιλικὸν τῆς ἐσθῆτος π., i.e. its purple colour, Eun. VS p.456 B.; βασιλικὰ π. Id. Hist. p.239 D.; τῷ π. τοῦ σχήματος by the badge of his costume, App. BC 1.16 ; figs are called τὸ π. τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, Alex. 117 ; εἰ τὸ . . λαλεῖν ἦν τοῦ φρονεῖν π. Nicostr.Com. 27 ; τὰ τοῦ πένθους π. 'the trappings and the suits of woe', Plu. 2.118b ; τέχνας μὲν παράσαμον ἔχει τάφος IG 12(1).150 (Rhodes) ; indication, ταῦτα τοῦ μὴ Ῥωμαῖον εἶναι π. Plu. Caes. 29.

b. π. σωματικά birthmarks, Ptol. Tetr. 122, cf. Porph. Gaur. 5.2.

2. password, Plu. 2.598b.