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- Dictionaryscholium/ˈskəʊlɪəm/
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- 1. a marginal note or explanatory comment made by a scholiast. historical
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1. : a marginal annotation or comment (as on the text of a classic by an early grammarian) 2. : a remark or observation subjoined but not essential to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.
a note on or explanation of an academic or literary text, written by someone who has studied it: The third edition contained another feature, a scholium to Problem 5. The commentaries consist chiefly of scholia and expositions of the classic text. Fewer examples.
an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text. a note added to illustrate or amplify, as in a mathematical work. scholium. / ˈskəʊlɪəm / noun. a commentary or annotation, esp on a classical text.
n. pl. scho·li·ums or scho·li·a (-lē-ə) 1. An explanatory note or commentary, as on a Greek or Latin text. 2. A note amplifying a proof or course of reasoning, as in mathematics. [New Latin, from Greek skholion, diminutive of skholē, lecture, school; see segh- in Indo-European roots.]
scholium in American English. (ˈskoʊliəm ) noun Word forms: plural ˈscholia (ˈskoʊliə ) or ˈscholiums. 1. a marginal note or commentary, esp. on the text of a Greek or Latin writer. 2. a note added or following, meant to illustrate or develop a point in the text, as in mathematics.
Sep 22, 2024 · scholium (plural scholiums or scholia) A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary. Sluiter examines a tension inherent in such scholarly works as lexica, scholia, epitomai, and commentaries: although the very titles of these works claim no more than secondary status, their authors engage nonetheless in a rhetoric of self ...
Scholium Definition. A marginal note or commentary, esp. on the text of a Greek or Latin writer. A note amplifying a proof or course of reasoning, as in mathematics.
