LAT

Lewis Short

trādĭtĭo (noun F) : trado
* A giving up, delivering up, surrender (not freq. till after the Aug. period).
* Lit.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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