Lexical Definition

‎παράσημος‎ parásēmos (par-as'-ay-mos) figurehead ^G:N-N
from ‎παρά‎ and the base of ‎σημαίνω‎

sign.

• side-marked, i.e. labelled (with a badge (figure-head) of a ship)

Abbott-Smith

** 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).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

παράσημος-ος, ον,

(σῆμα) marked amiss or falsely, counterfeit, especially of money, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 of words and phrases, false, incorrect, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ἀττικῶν παράσημοςος (to be read -σήμων) ἕν (i.e. βιβλίον) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ π. eccentricity of style, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 marked by the side, noted, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. τινί marked, notorious for a thing, [Refs]; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι remarked as studying it, [Refs]; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women) conspicuousness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 indicative, with genitive, τὸ π. ὄνομα τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθρας [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II adverb -μως with false accent, [Refs]
__II.2 with a distinguishing prefix, [Refs 4th c.BC+]