A.give, hand over to another, transmit, [“παιδίον] τινί” Hdt.1.117; τὰ ἐντεταλμένα, of couriers, Id.8.98; “καθάπερ λαμπάδα τὸν βίον π.” Pl. Lg.776b, etc.; of sentinels, “π. τὸν κώδωνα” Th.4.135; “τὴν ἑωθινὴν φυλακήν” Plu.Arat.7; “τῷ παιδὶ π. τὴν ἀρχήν” Hdt.2.159; “τὰ πάτρια τεύχεα” S.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 ἔτος” Vett.Val.100.30, Paul.Al.I.4; of an argument, “π. τινὶ τὸν ἑξῆς λόγον” Pl.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 ἐκμαθεῖν” Hdt.1.73; “ἣν ἐμῇ μητρὶ παρέδωκεν τρέφειν” E.Or.64; “π. τινὶ τοὺς νέους διδάσκειν” Pl.Lg.812a, cf. Ti.42d, al.
2. give a city or person into another's hands, “τὴν Σάμον π. Συλοσῶντι” Hdt.3.149; “ἄλλον ἐς ἄλλην πόλιν π.” Id.5.37; esp. as a hostage, or to an enemy, deliver up, surrender, “ἑωυτὸν Κροίσῳ” Id.1.45, cf. 3.13, Th.7.86; “τὰς ναῦς” And.3.11, etc.: with collat. notion of treachery, betray, X.Cyr.5.4.51, Paus.1.2.1; “π. ὅπλα” X.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 παραδούς” Id.Phdr.250e.
3. give up to justice, etc., “ἥντινα μήτε . . παραδοῦναι ἐξῆν” Antipho 6.42; “π. τινὰς τῷ δικαστηρίῳ” And.1.17; “τοῖς ἕνδεκα παρεδόθη” Lys.14.17; also “π. τινὰ εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον” D.51.8; “δεθέντα εἰς τὸν δῆμον” X.HG1.7.3 (Pass.); “ἐπὶ κρίσει παρεδέδοτο εἰς τὸν δῆμον” D.49.9: c. inf., “π. τινὰ θανάτῳ ζημιῶσαι” Lys.22.2; give up a slave to be examined by torture, Isoc.17.15, Test. ap. D.45.61:—Pass., ἐγκλήματι π. dub. l. in D.C.62.27: metaph., “σιωπῇ καὶ λήθῃ παραδοθείς” D.H.Pomp.3.
4. hand down legends, opinions, etc., by tradition, “φήμην” Pl.Phlb.16c; “παραδεδομένα καὶ μυθώδη” D.23.65; “οἱ παραδεδομένοι μῦθοι” Arist.Po.1451b24; “ὁ π. τρόπος” Id.Pol. 1313a35; οἱ παραδεδομένοι θεοί the traditional gods, Din.1.94; “ἡ οἰκία . . ἐγκεκωμιασμένη παραδέδοται ἡμῖν” Pl.Chrm.157e; δόγματι παραδοθῆναι to be embodied in a decree, D.C.57.20.
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] παραδιδῶται” Arr.Epict.2.14.2.
2. c. inf., allow one to . . , Hdt.1.210, 6.103, al.: c. acc. rei, permit, “ὁ θεὸς τοῦτό γε οὐ παρεδίδου” Id.5.67; πληγὴν . . παραδοθεῖσαν εἰσιδών a blow offered, i. e. opportunity of striking, E.Ph.1393: abs., τοῦ θεοῦ παραδιδόντος if he permits, Hdt.7.18; “ἢν οἱ θεοὶ παραδιδῶσιν” X.An.6.6.34; “ὅπως ἂν οἱ καιροὶ παραδιδῶσιν” Isoc.5.118; “τῆς ὥρας παραδιδούσης” Plb.21.41.9: less freq. in aor., “πότμου παραδόντος” Pi.P.5.3; “ὡς ἂν ὁ δαίμων παραδῷ” D.60.19.
III. hazard, “τὰς ψυχὰς ὑπέρ τινος” Act.Ap.15.26.
