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scholiasts
[
skoh
-lee-ast
]
Origin
scho·li·ast
/
ˈskoʊ
liˌæst
/
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[
skoh
-lee-ast
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
an ancient commentator on the classics.
2.
a person who writes scholia.
Origin:
1575–85;
<
Greek
scholiastḗs.
See
scholium
,
-ist
Related forms
scho·li·as·tic,
adjective
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Word Origin & History
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
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