(verb) : trādo (transdo, C. I. L. 1, 198, 54 and 58; Ter. Phorm. prol. 2, and most freq. in Caes.;
* V.infra; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 734), dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (in tmesi: transque dato endoque plorato, i. e. tradito et implorato, Vet. Lex ap. Fest. s. v. sub vos, p. 309 Müll.), trans-do, to give up, hand over, deliver, transmit, surrender, consign (syn.: dedo, remitto).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* Pregn., to deliver, commit, intrust, confide for shelter, protection, imprisonment, etc. (syn.: commendo, committo).
* Form trado: sic ei te commendavi et tradidi,Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2: totum denique hominem tibi ita trado de manu, ut aiunt, in manum tuam,id. ib. 7, 5, 3: alicui se laudare et tradere,Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 3: hunc hominem velles si tradere,id. S. 1, 9, 47; id. Ep. 1, 18, 78: hos (obsides) Aeduis custodiendos tradit,Caes. B. G. 6, 4; Liv. 22, 22, 4: catenis ligatus traditur,id. 24, 45, 9: in tuam custodiam meque et meas spes trado,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 59.
* To give up or surrender treacherously, to betray: causam tradere advorsariis,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 7: quos tradituros sperabas, vides judicare,Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 61: tibi trado patriosque meosque Penates,Ov. M. 8, 91: ferisne paret populandas tradere terras?id. ib. 1, 249: tradimur, heu!Claud. in Rufin. 2, 261: Judas ausus magistrum tradere,Sedul. 2, 74.
* In gen., to give up, surrender, hand over, deliver, intrust, etc.
* Form trado: et meam partem loquendi et tuam trado tibi,Plaut. As. 3, 1, 14: eo ego, quae mandata, amicus amicis tradam,id. Merc. 2, 3, 51: quae dicam trade memoriae,Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10 (different from tradere memoriae, B. 2. b.): si liberam possessionem Galliae sibi tradidisset,Caes. B. G. 1, 44: Cingetorigi principatus atque imperium est traditum,id. ib. 6, 8.—Poet., with inf.: tristitiam et metus Tradam protervis in mare Creticum Portare ventis,Hor. C. 1, 26, 2.
* In partic.
* Pregn., with se, to give one's self up, to yield, surrender, or devote one's self to any thing: se totos voluptatibus,Cic. Lael. 23, 86: se quieti,id. Div. 1, 29, 61: se lacrimis ac tristitiae, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2: se studiis vel otio,Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 7: si se consiliis ejus (rex) tradidisset,Flor. 2, 8, 6: se in studium aliquod quietum,Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4: se in disciplinam alicujus,id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; cf.: cogitationibus suis traditus,Sen. Ep. 9, 16.
* To make over, transmit, as an inheritance; to leave behind, bequeath (syn. lēgo): qui in morte regnum Hieroni tradidit,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59: inimicitias posteris, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3: consuetudo a majoribus tradita,Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: morbi per successiones traduntur,Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4: traduntque metus. Sil. 4, 32: traditumque inde fertur, ut in senatum vocarentur,it is said that this was the origin of the custom,Liv. 2, 1, 11.
* To hand down or transmit to posterity by written communication; to relate, narrate, recount: quarum nomina multi poëtae memoriae tradiderunt,Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3: pugnae memoriam posteris, Liv. 8, 10, 8: cujus (Socratis) ingenium variosque sermones immortalitati scriptis suis Plato tradidit,Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 60: qualia permulta historia tradidit,id. Div. 1, 53, 121: aliquid posteris,Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 1: tradit Fabius Pictor in Annalibus suis, hirundinem, etc.,Plin. 10, 24, 34, § 71: ipsum regem tradunt ... operatum his sacris se abdidisse,Liv. 1, 31, 8.—Esp., pass. pers. or impers., it is said, is recorded, they say, etc.: qui (Aristides) unus omnium justissimus fuisse traditur,Cic. Sest. 67, 141: cujus (Lycurgi) temporibus Homerus etiam fuisse traditur. id. Tusc. 5, 3, 7: nec traditur certum, nec interpretatio est facilis,Liv. 2, 8, 8; cf. id. 9, 28, 5: sic enim est traditum,Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; cf.: hoc posteris memoriae traditum iri, Aequos et Volscos, etc.,Liv. 3, 67, 1: Galbam, Africanum, Laelium doctos fuisse traditum est,Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: ut Isocratem dixisse traditum est,id. Brut. 56, 204: unguenta quis primus invenerit, non traditur,Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 2: de hoc constantius traditur,Front. Aquaed. 7; cf.: traditur memoriae, with subj.-clause, Liv. 5, 21, 16.
* To deliver by teaching; to propose, propound, teach any thing (syn. praecipio).
* Form trado: ea, quae dialectici nunc tradunt et docent,Cic. Fin. 4, 4, 9: elementa loquendi,id. Ac. 2, 28, 92: praecepta dicendi,id. de Or. 1, 18, 84: optimarum artium vias meis civibus,id. Div. 2, 1, 1: aliquid artificio et viă,id. Fin. 4, 4, 10: haec subtilius,id. ib. 1, 9, 31: aliquid,Caes. B. G. 7, 22: virtutem hominibus,Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247: eodem tempore tradi omnia et percipi possint,Quint. 1, 12, 1: nec tamquam tradita sed tamquam innata,id. 7, 10, 14: praecepta,Sen. Ep. 40, 3.—Absol.: si qua est in his culpa, tradentis (i.e. magistri) est,Quint. 3, 6, 59.
* Aliquid oblivioni, to forget utterly (late Lat.): omnes justitiae ejus oblivioni tradentur,Vulg. Ezech. 33, 13; Greg. Mag. in Job, 25, 8.