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

Scholium, a marginal note explanatory of the text of a classic author.

From Project Gutenberg

The same thing is related (in a well-known 'scholium') to have been done by Apolinarius and Theodore of Mopsuestia.

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

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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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