παράσημ-ον · parasēm-on — LSJ
marginal mark, note
marginal mark or note, παράσημα ποιεῖσθαι Arist. SE 177b6.
II distinguishing mark, ensign, sign, emblem, characteristic mark, badge, ‘the trappings and the suits, indication
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.4
b birthmarks
π. σωματικά birthmarks, Ptol. Tetr. 122, cf. Porph. Gaur. 5.2.
2 password
password, Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.598b.