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παραδίδωμι (late παραδια-δίδω (δειδ-) Tab.Defix.Aud.156.8 (Rome, iv/v A. D.)),
A.give, hand over to another, transmit, [“παιδίον] τινίHdt.1.117; τὰ ἐντεταλμένα, of couriers, Id.8.98; “καθάπερ λαμπάδα τὸν βίον π.Pl. Lg.776b, etc.; of sentinels, “π. τὸν κώδωναTh.4.135; “τὴν ἑωθινὴν φυλακήνPlu.Arat.7; “τῷ παιδὶ π. τὴν ἀρχήνHdt.2.159; “τὰ πάτρια τεύχεαS.Ph.399 (lyr.); of letters to the person addressed, X.Cyr. 8.6.17; of a purchase to the buyer, Id.Oec.20.28; of articles entered in an inventory by magistrates, IG12.324.2, etc.; in Astrol., “π. τὸ ἔτοςVett.Val.100.30, Paul.Al.I.4; of an argument, “π. τινὶ τὸν ἑξῆς λόγονPl.Criti.106b; π. τὴν προξενίαν hand it down to one's posterity, X.HG6.3.4; “τὴν πόλιν εὐδαιμονεστάτην τοῖς ἐπιγιγνομένοις π.Isoc.8.94, cf. Th.2.36, Pl.R.372d; π. τὴν ἀρετήν transmit, impart as a teacher, Id.Men.93c: c. inf., “παῖδάς σφι παρέδωκε τὴν γλῶσσαν ἐκμαθεῖνHdt.1.73; “ἣν ἐμῇ μητρὶ παρέδωκεν τρέφεινE.Or.64; “π. τινὶ τοὺς νέους διδάσκεινPl.Lg.812a, cf. Ti.42d, al.
2. give a city or person into another's hands, “τὴν Σάμον π. ΣυλοσῶντιHdt.3.149; “ἄλλον ἐς ἄλλην πόλιν π.Id.5.37; esp. as a hostage, or to an enemy, deliver up, surrender, “ἑωυτὸν ΚροίσῳId.1.45, cf. 3.13, Th.7.86; “τὰς ναῦςAnd.3.11, etc.: with collat. notion of treachery, betray, X.Cyr.5.4.51, Paus.1.2.1; “π. ὅπλαX.Cyr.5.1.28, etc.; τύχῃ αὑτὸν π. commit oneself to fortune, Th.5.16; ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ἑαυτὴν [τὴν ψυχήν] Pl.Phd.84a; ἑαυτοὺς [ἐπιθυμίαις] ib.82c: without acc., give way, “ἡδονῇ παραδούςId.Phdr.250e.
b. teach doctrine, Ev.Luc.1.2, Sor.1.124, M.Ant.1.8, Philum.Ven.37.3, Dam.Pr.154, 433, Paul.Aeg.6.50:—Pass., “ὅταν [τέχνη] παραδιδῶταιArr.Epict.2.14.2.
II. grant, bestow, “κῦδός τισιPi.P.2.52: in pres. and impf., offer, allow, “αἵρεσινId.N.10.83.
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