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παραδίδωμι 1

I.to give or hand over to another, transmit, τί τινι, Lat. tradere, Hdt.; of transmission to one's successor, id=Hdt.; π. τὴν ἀρετήν to transmit, impart as a teacher, Plat.:—c. inf., π. τινὶ τοὺς νέους διδάσκειν id=Plat.
2.to give a city or person into another's hands, Hdt.; esp. as an hostage, to deliver up, surrender, Lat. dedere, id=Hdt., Thuc., etc.; also, with notion of treachery, to betray, Xen.: τύχῃ αὑτὸν π. to commit oneself to fortune, Thuc.
3.to give up to justice, ἑωυτὸν Κροίσῳ Hdt.; τινὰ εἰς τὸν δῆμον Xen.
4.to hand down legends, opinions, and the like, Lat. memoriae prodere, Dem.
II.to grant, bestow, κῦδός τινι Pind.:—in pres. and imperf. to offer, allow, αἵρεσιν id=Pind.: c. inf. to allow one to do, Hdt.; so, c. acc. rei, θεὸς τοῦτό γε οὐ παρεδίδου id=Hdt.:—absol., τοῦ θεοῦ παραδιδόντος if he permits, id=Hdt.

1 fut. -δώσω

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