tradition
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
story: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.
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).
