The corpus record — Latin

traditio

traditio · f

a giving up

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Where it lives

De Corona 10 · 20.56/10k
De Fide Catholica 2 · 10.37/10k
De Testimionio Animae 2 · 8.95/10k
De Scorpiace 5 · 6.28/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 3 · 5.08/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 4 · 4.81/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 2 · 3.76/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
Adversus Praxean 3 · 2.03/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 14 · 1.99/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

trādĭtĭo — Lewis & Short

trādĭtĭo, ōnis, f.trado,

I a giving up, delivering up, surrender (not freq. till after the Aug. period).

I Lit.

A In gen.: Gomphorum (urbis), Liv. 32, 14, 3: urbis, id. 33, 31, 2: oppidorum, id. 34, 30, 1: Jugurthae, Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 8; Val. Max. 8, 14, 4.—

B Esp., law t. t., livery, a delivery of possession: abalienatio est ejus rei quae mancipi est traditio alteri nexu, * Cic. Top. 5, 28: nuda traditione alienare, Gai. Inst. 2, 19 al.—

II Trop.

A A teaching, instruction: jejuna atque arida traditio (praeceptorum), Quint. 3, 1, 3; cf. id. 3, 1, 2: adeo non est infinito spatio ac traditione opus, id. 12, 11, 16: divina, Lact. 7, 8, 3.—

B A saying handed down from former times, a tradition: incomperta et vulgaria traditio rei, Gell. 16, 5, 1; 13, 22, 14; Tac. A. 16, 16 fin.; cf. codicum, Aug. Bapt. 7, 2.—Esp., in eccl. Lat.: traditio seniorum, Vulg. Matt. 15, 2; id. Marc. 7, 3.

Where it came from

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