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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[handing down]], [[bequeathing]], [[transmission]], τοῦ σκήπτρου <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>; [[handing over]], [[transfer]], ἡ π. τῶν χρημάτων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1309a10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>915d</span>; [[σίτου]], etc., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1257.3</span> (iii A. D.), etc.; τῆς βασιλείας <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Comp.Lyc.Num.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν παραδόσει παραλαμβάνειν ἀεί</b>, of a reserve fund, <span class="title">IG</span>11 (2).161 <span class="title">A</span>126 (Delos, iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[transmission]] of legends, doctrines, etc., [[tradition]], διδασκαλία καὶ π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>803a</span>; πραγματεῖαι αἱ ἐκ π. ηὐξημέναι <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">SE</span>184b5</span>; ἐν παραδόσει ἔχειν τι <span class="bibl">Plb.12.6.1</span>, etc.; [[treatment]], [[exposition]], ὅπως πᾶσιν εὐπαρακολούθητος γένηται ἡ π. <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>73.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ βοτανικὴ π</b>. [[the subject]] of botany, Dsc.<span class="title">Praef.</span>1; παραδόσεις καὶ παραγγελίαι Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.78 S.; <b class="b3">σύντομος π</b>. succinct [[account]], <span class="bibl">Ammon.<span class="title">in Porph.</span>38.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in military sense, [[transmission of orders]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>21.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[that which is handed down]] or [[bequeathed]], [[tradition]], [[doctrine]], [[teaching]], ἡ π. τῶν πρεσβυτέρων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>15.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>7.3</span>, etc.; αἱ π. τῶν θεῶν καὶ τῶν θείων ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>265</span>: also in Gramm., Ἑλληνικὴ π. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Conj.</span>213.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19</span> (pl.); in textual criticism, defined as <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν γραμματικῶν μαρτυρία</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>815.18</span>; so παρὰ τὴν π. γράφειν Demetr.Lac.<span class="title">Herc.</span>1012.34, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>240.4</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[surrender]], πόλεως <span class="bibl">Th.3.53</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ παραδόσεως</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ κράτος</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.9.25.5</span>; [[giving up to punishment]] or [[torture]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.17.16</span>; π. ἐπὶ θανάτῳ <span class="bibl">D.H.7.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Astrol., [[handing over]], τῶν χρόνων <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.141.4</span>.</span>