παράσημον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">marginal mark</b> or <b class="b2">note</b>, παράσημα ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">SE</span>177b6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">distinguishing mark</b>, in various senses : <b class="b2">ensign</b> of a ship, <b class="b3">παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις</b> with the Dioscuri as the <b class="b2">sign</b> or <b class="b2">emblem</b>, Act.Ap.28.11, cf. Plu.2.162a ; of a city, ib.399f ; of patricians and plebeians, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cor.</span> 20</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰ τῆς ἡγεμονίας π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>33</span> ; τὸ π. ὃ ἐπετίθεντο τῇ κεφαλῇ οἱ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεῖς <span class="bibl">Ath. 12.514a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGnom.</span>194</span> (ii A. D.) <b class="b3">π. στρατηγικά</b>, = Lat. <b class="b2">insignia praetoria</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>9</span> ; <b class="b2">characteristic mark</b>, <b class="b3">τὸ βασιλικὸν τῆς ἐσθῆτος π</b>., i.e. its purple colour, <span class="bibl">Eun. <span class="title">VS</span> p.456</span> B.; <b class="b3">βασιλικὰ π</b>. Id.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.239 D.; <b class="b3">τῷ π. τοῦ σχήματος</b> by the <b class="b2">badge</b> of his costume, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.16</span> ; figs are called <b class="b3">τὸ π. τῶν Ἀθηνῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex.117</span> ; <b class="b3">εἰ τὸ . . λαλεῖν ἦν τοῦ φρονεῖν π</b>. <span class="bibl">Nicostr.Com.27</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰ τοῦ πένθους π</b>. <b class="b2">'the trappings and the suits</b> of woe', Plu.2.118b ; τέχνας μὲν παράσᾱμον ἔχει τάφος <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).150 (Rhodes) ; <b class="b2">indication</b>, <b class="b3">ταῦτα τοῦ μὴ Ῥωμαῖον εἶναι π</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span> 29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">π. σωματικά</b> <b class="b2">birthmarks</b>, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>122</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Gaur.</span>5.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">password</b>, Plu.2.598b.</span>