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, IG11 (2).161 A126 (Delos, iii B. C.).
2. transmission of legends, doctrines, etc., tradition, “διδασκαλία καὶ π.” Pl.Lg.803a; “πραγματεῖαι αἱ ἐκ π. ηὐξημέναι” Arist. SE184b5; “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, EM815.18; so “παρὰ τὴν π. γράφειν” Demetr.Lac.Herc.1012.34, cf. EM240.4, 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.
