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scolion

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[skoh-lee-on] / ˈskoʊ liˌɒn /

noun

a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.

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Inflected Forms

noun

scolia

plural

Etymology

Origin of scolion

1595–1605; < Greek skolión, noun use of neuter of skoliós crooked, bent

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