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,^[1] 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)

delivery (of goods, parcels, etc)
tradition
(military) surrender
(education) lecture

Declension

Declension of παράδοση

	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)

References

^ “παράδοση”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

[1] “παράδοση”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

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