Scholium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskəʊlɪəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scholium is a noun meaning (linguistics) A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
Meaning
(linguistics) A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
More Meanings
- (mathematics) A note added to a proof as amplification.
- A “copy-book maxim”, trite saying.
Example Sentences
Almost every word admits a scholium, and a long one too.
Judy, however, did not choose to receive the laugh as a scholium explanatory of the remark.
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.
Word Forms
- scholia
- scholiums
- scholion
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include note, marginalia, annotation, footnote, colophone, label.
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