I.a giving up, delivering up, surrender (not freq. till after the Aug. period).
I. Lit.
A. 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.—
B. Esp., law t. t., livery, a delivery of possession: abalienatio est ejus rei quae mancipi est traditio alteri nexu, * Cic. Top. 5, 28: “nuda traditione alienare,” Gai. Inst. 2, 19 al.—
II. Trop.
A. 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.—
B. 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.
