scholium

American  

[skoh-lee-uhm] / ˈskoʊ li əm /

noun

plural

scholia

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.

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scholium British  

/ ˈskəʊlɪəm /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of scholium

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

Example Sentences

He topped that with a resigned scholium: "If we do get any good news, the President will announce it."

From Time Magazine Archive

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 "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

So also reads the author of the scholium in Cramer's Cat. ii.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

An illustration, like a funny story, loses its pungency if it requires a scholium.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

"On my word, a handsome quadriga,—for such, according to the best scholium, was the vox signata of the Romans for a chariot which, like that of your lordship, was drawn by four horses."

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir