handing down, bequeathing, transmission
παρά-δοσις,εως,ἡ,
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. transmissionof 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 subjectof botany, Dsc. Praef. 1 ; παραδόσεις καὶ παραγγελίαι
Phld. Rh. 1.78
S. ;σύντομος π.succinctaccount, Ammon. in Porph. 38.10 .
b. in military sense,transmission of orders, Ael. Tact. 21.2 .
3. that which is handed downorbequeathed, 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 asἡ 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 punishmentortorture, Isoc. 17.16 ; π. ἐπὶ θανάτῳ
D.H. 7.36
.
2. Astrol.,handing over, τῶν χρόνων
Vett.Val. 141.4
.
