Scholiast Definition

skōlē-ăst
noun
One who writes marginal notes and comments; esp., an ancient interpreter and annotator of the classics.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Scholiast

Noun

Singular:
scholiast
Plural:
scholiasts

Origin of Scholiast

  • Medieval Greek skholiastēs from skholiazein to comment on from Greek skholion scholium scholium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From late Latin scholiasta, from late Greek σχολιαστής, from σχολιάζειν, from σχόλιον "˜scholium'.

    From Wiktionary

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