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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [traːˈdɪ.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [traˈdit.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''trāditiō''' ''f'' (genitive trāditiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[trādō]] “to hand over, surrender” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of handing over.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Varro 116–27 BC and Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a handing over, delivery of goods, as in Cicero's ''Topica'', and the surrender of persons or territory, as Livy's surrender of Gomphi, and Lewis and Short say it is not frequent until after Augustus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Quintilian it meant the transmission of knowledge, teaching, and in Tacitus the handing down of knowledge, a tradition or traditional belief.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant tradition, transmission, handing over, and in theology the ancient testimony about doctrine and Christian institutions handed down in the early Church.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant a deed of gift, the things donated, and an explanation or commentary.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Old French ''traïson'' “betrayal” it gave [[en|treason]] about 1200, and as a learned word [[en|tradition]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of handing over.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the surrender of towns.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of tradition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1200 – English ''treason'' is recorded, through Old French.^(Etymonline)
+ * late 14th century – English ''tradition'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A handing over, delivery; a [[m|en|surrender]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Teaching, transmission of knowledge.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|tradition]], traditional belief.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A deed of gift; a commentary.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[trāditiōnālis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[trāditor]]
+ * [[trādō]]
+ * [[en|tradition]]
+ * [[en|treason]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}