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scho·li·ast
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n. One of the ancient commentators who annotated the classical authors. [Medieval Greek skholiastēs, from skholiazein, to comment on, from Greek skholion, scholium; see scholium.] |
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scholiast
"one who writes explanatory notes upon a classical writer," 1583, from L.L. scholiasta, from Late Gk. skholiastes, from skholiazein, from skholion "explanatory note or comment," from skhole (see school (1)).
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| scholiast | |
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| a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) |
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Scholiast
Scho"li*ast\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a scholium: cf. F. scoliate. See Scholium.] A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. --Macaulay.
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