ἐπίσημος, -ον
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (קָשַׁר), Est.5:4 8:13, 1Ma.11:37 1Mac 14:48, 2Ma.15:36, 3Ma.6:1 * ;]
__1. bearing a mark; of money, stamped, coined.
__2. Metaphorical,
__(a) in good sense, notable, illustrious: Rom.16:7;
__(b) in bad sense, notorious: Mat.27:16.†
(AS)