scholium

[ skoh-lee-uhm ]

noun

, plural scho·li·a [skoh, -lee-, uh].

1. Often scholia.
   1. an explanatory note or comment.
   2. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
2. a note added to illustrate or amplify, as in a mathematical work.

scholium

/ ˈskəʊlɪəm /

noun

1. a commentary or annotation, esp on a classical text

Word History and Origins

Origin of scholium¹

1525–35; < Medieval Latin < Greek schólion, equivalent to schol ( ḗ ) school ¹ + -ion diminutive suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of scholium¹

C16: from New Latin, from Greek skholion exposition, from skholē school ¹

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’.

From Literature

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Occasionally a scholium of this kind gives the substance of one of the longer extracts; but as a rule they are distinct.

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This is the first scholium in the Catena as edited by Possinus,—p.

From Project Gutenberg

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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