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|Definition=παραδόσεως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[handing down]], [[bequeathing]], [[transmission]], τοῦ σκήπτρου Th.1.9; [[handing over]], [[transfer]], ἡ παράδοσις τῶν χρημάτων Arist.''Pol.''1309a10, cf. Pl. ''Lg.''915d; σίτου, etc., ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1257.3 (iii A. D.), etc.; τῆς βασιλείας Plu. ''Comp.Lyc.Num.''1; <b class="b3">ἐν παραδόσει παραλαμβάνειν ἀεί</b>, of a [[reserve]] [[fund]], ''IG''11 (2).161 ''A''126 (Delos, iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[transmission]] of [[legend]]s, [[doctrine]]s, etc., [[tradition]], [[διδασκαλία]] καὶ παράδοσις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|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 παράδοσις Hero ''Bel.''73.12; <b class="b3">ἡ βοτανικὴ παράδοσις</b> the [[subject]] of [[botany]], Dsc.''Praef.''1; παραδόσεις καὶ [[παραγγελία]]ι Phld.''Rh.''1.78 S.; [[σύντομος]] παράδοσις = [[succinct]] [[account]], Ammon.''in Porph.''38.10.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in military sense, [[transmission of orders]], Ael.''Tact.''21.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[that which is handed down]] or [[that which is bequeathed]], [[tradition]], [[doctrine]], [[teaching]], ἡ παράδοσις τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ''Ev.Matt.''15.2, ''Ev.Marc.''7.3, etc.; αἱ παραδόσεις τῶν θεῶν καὶ τῶν θείων ἀνδρῶν Dam.''Pr.''265: also in Gramm., Ἑλληνικὴ παράδοσις A.D.''Conj.''213.13, cf. 19 (pl.); in textual criticism, defined as ἡ τῶν γραμματικῶν [[μαρτυρία]], ''EM''815.18; so παρὰ τὴν παράδοσιν γράφειν Demetr.Lac.''Herc.''1012.34, cf. ''EM''240.4, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[surrender]], πόλεως Th.3.53; [[ἐκ παραδόσεως]], opp. [[κατὰ κράτος]], Plb.9.25.5; [[giving up to punishment]] or [[giving up to torture]], Isoc.17.16; π. ἐπὶ θανάτῳ D.H.7.36.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Astrol., [[handing over]], τῶν χρόνων Vett.Val.141.4.