scholiast

noun
/ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/UK

Etymology

From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek σχολιαστής (skholiastḗs), from σχολιάζειν (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion).

  1. derived from σχόλιον
  2. derived from scholiasta

Definitions

  1. 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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