scholium
/ˈskəʊlɪəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
noun
A note added to a proof as amplification.
Example Sentences
- "And when I shulde make scholias, notis, and gloses in the margent as himself and his master doith."
- "Mr. Fox was fain to make soom Scholia’s on it, to reconcile a gloss like that of Orleance, which corrupts the Text."
- "Almost every word admits a scholium, and a long one too."
- "Short Scholia are added to almost every chapter, containing various readings, or various translations, selected with much judgment and critical acumen."
- "Judy, however, did not choose to receive the laugh as a scholium explanatory of the remark."
- "From a scholium on the Iliad (24. 496) we know that Bacchylides spoke of Theano as having borne fifty sons to Antenor."
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion, “comment”), from σχολή (skholḗ, “discussion”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, σχόλιον