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scholium
[ skoh-lee-uhm ]
noun
- Often scholia.
- an explanatory note or comment.
- an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- a note added to illustrate or amplify, as in a mathematical work.
scholium
/ ˈskəʊlɪəm /
noun
- a commentary or annotation, esp on a classical text
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scholium1
Example Sentences
Indeed, the index demonstrated a systematic determination to link ideas with their original authors wherever possible, and in the text and the index Barozzi even carefully labels one comment ‘the scholium of Francesco Barozzi’.
The same Don Pringello, the celebrated Spanish architect, of whom my cousin Antony has made such honourable mention in a scholium to the Tale inscribed to his name.—Vid. p.
Occasionally a scholium of this kind gives the substance of one of the longer extracts; but as a rule they are distinct.
This is the first scholium in the Catena as edited by Possinus,—p.
In the last-named he occasionally cites readings from the Samaritan text; it is interesting to note that in a scholium to 2 Kings xvii.
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