LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

trāditiō

trāditiō f (genitive trāditiōnis)
Classical[traːˈdɪ.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[traˈdit.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a surrender, delivering up
  2. delivery of possession
  3. a teaching, instruction
  4. a saying handed down from earlier times

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetrāditiōtrāditiōnēs
genitivetrāditiōnistrāditiōnum
dativetrāditiōnītrāditiōnibus
accusativetrāditiōnemtrāditiōnēs
ablativetrāditiōnetrāditiōnibus
vocativetrāditiōtrāditiōnēs

trādĭtĭo, ōnis, f. trado,
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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Latin trāns Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin trādō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin trāditiō From trādō (“give up, hand over”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalantradició
  • Englishtradition
  • GermanTradition
  • Italiantradizione
  • Italiantradigione
  • Occitantradicion
  • Frenchtraditionfrom Old French traïson
  • Frenchtrahisonfrom Old French traïson
  • Englishtreasonfrom Old French traïson
  • Portuguesetraiçãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese traiçon

In English words that came into English from trāditiō

  • traditiontrāditiō
  • treasontrāditiō

Quick answers

What does trāditiō mean in Latin?
trāditiō, a noun, means “a surrender, delivering up; delivery of possession; a teaching, instruction”.
What is the genitive of trāditiō?
The genitive singular is trāditiōnis. trāditiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce trāditiō?
In classical Latin, [traːˈdɪ.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [traˈdit.t͡si.o].