παράδοσις

A. handing down, bequeathing, transmission, τοῦ σκήπτρου Th. 1.9; handing over, transfer, ἡ π. τῶν χρημάτων Arist. Pol. 1309a10, cf. Pl. Lg. 915d; σίτου, etc., POxy. 1257.3 (iii A. D.), etc.; τῆς βασιλείας Plu. Comp.Lyc.Num. 1; ἐν παραδόσει παραλαμβάνειν ἀεί, of a reserve fund, IG 11 (2).161 A 126 (Delos, iii B. C.).

2. transmission of legends, doctrines, etc., tradition, διδασκαλία καὶ π. Pl. Lg. 803a; πραγματεῖαι αἱ ἐκ π. ηὐξημέναι Arist. SE 184b5; ἐν παραδόσει ἔχειν τι Plb. 12.6.1, etc.; treatment, exposition, ὅπως πᾶσιν εὐπαρακολούθητος γένηται ἡ π. Hero Bel. 73.12; ἡ βοτανικὴ π. the subject of botany, Dsc. Praef. 1; παραδόσεις καὶ παραγγελίαι Phld. Rh. 1.78 S.; σύντομος π. succinct account, Ammon. in Porph. 38.10.

b. in military sense, transmission of orders, Ael. Tact. 21.2.

3. that which is handed down or bequeathed, tradition, doctrine, teaching, ἡ π. τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Ev.Matt. 15.2, Ev.Marc. 7.3, etc.; αἱ π. τῶν θεῶν καὶ τῶν θείων ἀνδρῶν Dam. Pr. 265: also in Gramm., Ἑλληνικὴ π. A.D. Conj. 213.13, cf. 19 (pl.); in textual criticism, defined as ἡ τῶν γραμματ ικῶν μαρτυρία, EM 815.18; so παρὰ τὴν π. γράφειν Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.34, cf. EM 240.4, al.

II. surrender, πόλεως Th. 3.53; ἐκ παραδόσεως, opp. κατὰ κράτος, Plb. 9.25.5; giving up to punishment or torture, Isoc. 17.16; π. ἐπὶ θανάτῳ D.H. 7.36.

2. Astrol., handing over, τῶν χρόνων Vett.Val. 141.4.