Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An explanatory note or commentary, as on a Greek or Latin text.
- n. A note amplifying a proof or course of reasoning, as in mathematics.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A marginal note, annotation, or remark; an explanatory comment; specifically, an explanatory remark annexed to a Latin or Greek author by an early grammarian. Explanatory notes inserted by editors in the text of Euclid's “Elements” were called
scholia , and the style of exposition resulting from this was considered by later writers so admirable that they deliberately left occasion for and inserted scholia in their own writings. A geometrical scholium is, therefore, now an explanation or reflection inserted into a work on geometry in such a way as to interrupt the current of mathematical thought.
Wiktionary
- n. a note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary
- n. a note added to a proof as amplification
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
- n. A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature)
Etymologies
- New Latin, from Greek skholion, diminutive of skholē, lecture, school; see segh- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“A very important characteristic regarding attributes is established in 2P7 and its scholium, which is sometimes referred to in the literature as the “parallelism doctrine.””
“Of course the scholium was the real achievement -- but you threw up an installation in record time, too, it seems to me.”
A Case Of Conscience
“The same thing is related (in a well-known 'scholium') to have been done by Apolinarius and Theodore of Mopsuestia.”
“Then came nepenthe and scholium, aleatoric and consuetude.”
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“The general description of 2P7 and its scholium is discussed above in Section 1.6.”
“Spinoza explains this proposition in the scholium:”
“Finally, and perhaps most importantly, given the holistic and systematic nature of Spinoza's metaphysics and the central role attributes play in it, the article points out how the different interpretative options on one issue bear on others (e.g. the number of attributes and the understanding of 2P7 and its scholium).”
“It is thus advisable to stay clear of it and simply refer to this doctrine as “2P7 and its scholium.””
“Gueroult, in order to account for the professed identity between modes of different attributes in 2P7 and its scholium, considers 1P28 which states:”
“Therefore, the understanding of the nature of the union of mind and body depends on one's interpretation of Spinoza's theory of attributes and 2P7 and its scholium in particular.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘scholium’.
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nouns
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Word Words
This used to be my nym list, but there are so many words about words, I think it's time to expand and open.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
john_meffen nice, remembered! Jun 14, 2011