scholia

Variant of scholium

scholium definition

scho·lium (skō′lē əm)

noun pl. scholia -·lia (-ə) or scholiums -·li·ums

  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

Etymology: ML < Gr scholion < scholē: see school

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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