scholion

English

Etymology

From New Latin scholion, from Ancient Greek σχόλῐον (skhólĭon, “interpretation, comment”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: skōʹlĭŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈskəʊlɪɒn/
• Homophone: scolion

Noun

scholion (plural scholia or (rare) scholions)

1. A scholium.
   • 1579, E. K., Spenser’s Sheph. Cal., Dedication:

     Hereunto haue I added a certain Glosse, or scholion, for thexposition of old wordes.

   • 1616, T. Brightman, The Revelation of S. Iohn illustrated with an Analysis and scholions., main title
   • 1706, Phillips, edited by Kersey, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
   • 1842, William Thomson, Outline of the Laws of Thought, London · Oxford: William Pickering · William Graham, PART II. — JUDGMENTS. (pages 53–80), § 39. — Corollary or Consectary, Lemma, Scholion., page 80:

     A judgment which follows immediately from another, is sometimes called a Corollary or Consectary. One which does not belong to the science in which it appears, but is taken from another, is called a Lemma. One which illustrates in some way the science where it appears, but is not an integrant part of it, is a Scholion.

   • 1858, Gladstone, Homer, volume I, page 53:

     An ancient Scholion, recently discovered, names four poets who worked under that prince [Pisistratus].

   • 1882, Farrar, Early Chr., volume II, page 487, note:

     The opinion that the Lady is a Church is mentioned…by an ancient scholion.

Translations

a scholium — see scholium

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “‖ Scholion, sb.¹”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 212, column 2.
• “Scholion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.