Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scholiast

/ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: scho-liast
IPA: /ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.

Example Sentences

"[N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses."
"[L]ike it or not, I was caught up once more in the scholiast’s game, paring popular notions of the ‘queer’ and ‘unearthly’ from notions of the ‘monstrous’."
"The scholiast on Il. 1.5 likewise notes that Zeus chose the Trojan War, ‘since he could have destroyed them all by thunderbolts or floods’."

Etymology

From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek σχολιαστής (skholiastḗs), from σχολιάζειν (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: scholiasta, σχολιαστής, σχόλιον, *seǵʰ-

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/

Inflected Forms

scholiasts (plural)

Derived Forms

scholiastic

Questions

How do you pronounce scholiast?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/.
What does scholiast mean?: A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
Where does scholiast come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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