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scholium Definition

scho·lium (skōlē əm)

noun pl. -·lia or -·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

scholium Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • logices: Peter Margallus: 1520, Logices utriusque scholia, Salamanca, rpt.