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παράσημον

παράσημον, a side-mark: a mark of distinction, the ensign of a ship

παράσημ-ον, τό,
  • 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. Symp. 2.162a; of a city, Pyth. 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. Cons.Apoll. 2.118b; τέχνας μὲν παράσᾱμον 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. Gen.Socr. 2.598b.

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