παράσημος
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
ον, (σῆμα)
A marked amiss or falsely, counterfeit, esp. of money, D.24.213, Poll.3.86, Plu.2.65b : metaph., of men, Ar.Ach.518 ; δόξα π. E.Hipp.1114 (lyr.) ; π. ῥήτωρ D.18.242 ; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, A.Ag.780 (lyr.). 2 of words and phrases, false, incorrect, AP11.144 (Cereal.) ; Ἀττικῶν παράσημος (leg. -σήμων) ἕν (sc. βιβλίον) Gal.Libr.Propr.17 ; τὸ π. eccentricity of style, Demetr.Eloc.208. 3 marked by the side, noted, Plu.2.1010d ; π. τινί marked, notorious for a thing, ib.823b, etc.; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι remarked as studying it, Id.Brut.2 ; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women) conspicuousness, Gal.12.439. 4 indicative, c. gen., τὸ π. ὄνομα τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθρας Plu.Cor.23. II Adv. -μως with false accent, EM191.34. 2 with a distinguishing prefix, Thphr. HP3.12.3 codd.
