tradition

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

story: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.

hearsay: P. ἀκοή, ἡ.

memory: P. and V. μνήμη, ἡ.

hand down by tradition, v.: P. and V. παραδιδόναι.

handing down by tradition: P. παράδοσις, ἡ.

those who have received the clearest accounts by tradition from their predecessors: P. οἱ τὰ σαφέστατα… μνήμῃ παρὰ τῶν πρότερον δεδεγμένοι (Thuc. 1, 9).

the earliest of those whom we know by tradition: P. παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν (Thuc. 1, 4).

the traditions of our fathers, which we possess as a heritage coeval with our years, no reasoning shall overthrow: V. πατρίους παραδοχὰς ἅς θ' ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ κεκτήμεθ οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λόγος (Euripides, Bacchae 201).