hand down Copy link Outline 1. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 32. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (usage similar to preced.) • hand down: 1. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to h. down religious rites, sacra facienda tr., Liv. 5, 52, med. Often with some such word as memoriae, famae: to h. a thing down to posterity, aliquid posteris tr., Liv. 8, 10, med.: this would be h.'d down to posterity, hoc posteris memoriae traditum iri, Liv. 3, 67, init.: Cic. 2. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (usage similar to preced.): Cic.: Nep.: also with abl. memoria, of what has been h.'d down and preserved traditionally: Caes. B. G. 5, 12: Cic.