scholium
[ skoh-lee-uh m ]
/ ˈskoʊ li əm /
noun, plural scho·li·a [skoh-lee-uh] /ˈskoʊ li ə/.
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.
Origin of scholium
Words nearby scholium
Example sentences from the Web for scholium
The same thing is related (in a well-known 'scholium') to have been done by Apolinarius and Theodore of Mopsuestia.
Scholium, a marginal note explanatory of the text of a classic author.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James WoodAn illustration, like a funny story, loses its pungency if it requires a scholium.
College Teaching |Paul KlapperOccasionally a scholium of this kind gives the substance of one of the longer extracts; but as a rule they are distinct.
British Dictionary definitions for scholium
scholium
/ (ˈskəʊlɪəm) /
noun plural -lia (-lɪə)
a commentary or annotation, esp on a classical text
Word Origin for scholium
C16: from New Latin, from Greek
skholion exposition, from
skholē
school
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