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scho⋅li⋅ast

  [skoh-lee-ast]
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–noun
1. an ancient commentator on the classics.
2. a person who writes scholia.
Origin:
1575–85; < Gk scholiasts. See scholium, -ist

Related forms:
scho⋅li⋅as⋅tic, adjective
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scho·li·ast   (skō'lē-āst')   
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)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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