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.

Nearby words

scholastic, scholastic aptitude test, scholasticate, scholasticism, scholiast, scholium, schollander, schomburg, schongauer, school, school age

Origin of scholium

1525–35; < Medieval Latin < Greek schólion, equivalent to schol(ḗ) school¹ + -ion diminutive suffix

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Examples 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.
The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels|John Burgon
Scholium, a marginal note explanatory of the text of a classic author.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood
An illustration, like a funny story, loses its pungency if it requires a scholium.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper
Occasionally a scholium of this kind gives the substance of one of the longer extracts; but as a rule they are distinct.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6|Various

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 1

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