παρά-δοσις (paradosis)

Where it lives

2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Mark 5 · 4.54/10k
Trapeziticus 1 · 3/10k
Matthew 3 · 1.67/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
Against Timocrates 1 · 0.69/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρά-δοσις · para-dosis — LSJ

handing down, bequeathing, transmission, handing over, transfer

handing down, bequeathing, transmission, τοῦ σκήπτρου Th. 1.9; handing over, transfer, ἡ π. τῶν χρημάτων Arist. Pol. 1309a10, cf. Pl. Lg. 915d; σίτου, etc., POxy. 1257.3 (iii A. D.), etc.; τῆς βασιλείας Plu. Comp.Lyc.Num. 1; ἐν παραδόσει παραλαμβάνειν ἀεί, of a reserve fund, IG 11 (2).161 A 126 (Delos, iii B. C.).

2 transmission, tradition, treatment, exposition, the subject, account

transmission of legends, doctrines, etc., tradition, διδασκαλία καὶ π. Pl. 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 π. Hero Bel. 73.12; ἡ βοτανικὴ π. the subject of botany, Dsc. Praef. 1; παραδόσεις καὶ παραγγελίαι Phld. Rh. 1.78 S.; σύντομος π. succinct account, Ammon. in Porph. 38.10.

b transmission of orders

in military sense, transmission of orders, Ael. Tact. 21.2.

3 that which is handed down, bequeathed, tradition, doctrine, teaching

that which is handed down or bequeathed, tradition, doctrine, teaching, ἡ π. τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Ev.Matt. 15.2, Ev.Marc. 7.3, etc.; αἱ π. τῶν θεῶν καὶ τῶν θείων ἀνδρῶν Dam. Pr. 265: also in Gramm., Ἑλληνικὴ π. A.D. Conj. 213.13, cf. 19 (pl.); in textual criticism, defined as ἡ τῶν γραμματικῶν μαρτυρία, EM 815.18; so παρὰ τὴν π. γράφειν Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.34, cf. EM 240.4, al.

II surrender, giving up to punishment, torture

surrender, πόλεως Th. 3.53; ἐκ παραδόσεως, opp. κατὰ κράτος, Plb. 9.25.5; giving up to punishment or torture, Isoc. 17.16; π. ἐπὶ θανάτῳ D.H. 7.36.

2 handing over

Astrol., handing over, τῶν χρόνων Vett.Val. 141.4.

In the wild

παράδοσις · paradosis Aristotle, Politics 1309a (DIORISIS sentence 2032)
παράδοσιν · paradosin Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 80 (DIORISIS sentence 283)
παράδοσιν · paradosin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5766)
παράδοσιν · paradosin Epictetus, Discourses 2.23 (DIORISIS sentence 3532)
παραδόσεως · paradoseōs Epictetus, Discourses 2.23 (DIORISIS sentence 3532)
παραδόσεως · paradoseōs Isocrates, Trapeziticus 16 (DIORISIS sentence 46)

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Where it came from

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