παράδοση

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek παράδοσις (parádosis) + modern ending -ση (-si), thus παρά- (pará-) +‎ δόση f (dósi, “dose, portion, gift”). The Triantafyllidis Dictionary suggests that the sense of "tradition" is influenced by semantic loan from French tradition and German Überlieferung, which are themselves from traditio, which in had its sense of "tradition" ("saying or teaching handed down generationally, especially ecclesiastical tradition") influenced by the Koine Greek παράδοσις (parádosis)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.ðo.si/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧δο‧ση

Noun

παράδοση • (parádosi) f (plural παραδόσεις)

1. delivery (of goods, parcels, etc)
2. tradition
3. (military) surrender
4. (education) lecture

Declension

declension of παράδοση

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	παράδοση •	παραδόσεις •
genitive	παράδοσης •	παραδόσεων •
accusative	παράδοση •	παραδόσεις •
vocative	παράδοση •	παραδόσεις •
Older or formal genitive singular: παραδόσεως •

Synonyms

• (distribution): μοίρασμα n (moírasma), παροχή f (parochí)
• (delivery): διανομή f (dianomí), ντελίβερι n (ntelíveri)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “delivery”): παραλαβή f (paralaví)
• (antonym(s) of “delivery”): παράληψη f (parálipsi) (idiomatic)

Related terms

• παραδοσιακός (paradosiakós, “traditional”)
• παραδίνω (paradíno), παραδίδω (paradído)

• and see: δόση f (dósi, “dose”), δίνω (díno, “give”), δίδω (dído)