Dictionary entry

παράσημος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** παράσημος, -ον

(< σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: III Mac 2:29*;]

1. in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later,

2. marked at the side, annotated (Plut.).

3. marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figurehead: Ac 28:11 (v. MM, xix).†