scholiast
noun/ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/UK
Etymology
From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek σχολιαστής (skholiastḗs), from σχολιάζειν (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion).
- derived from σχόλιον
- derived from σχολιαστής
- derived from scholiasta
Definitions
A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient…
A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
- [N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses.
- [L]ike it or not, I was caught up once more in the scholiast’s game, paring popular notions of the ‘queer’ and ‘unearthly’ from notions of the ‘monstrous’.
The neighborhood
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