scholium
/skoh-lee-uhm/US // ˈskoʊ li əm //UK // (ˈskəʊlɪəm) //
学者,学士,学者们,学士长
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural scho·li·a [skoh-lee-uh]. /ˈskoʊ li ə/.
- : Often scholia. an explanatory note or comment.an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- : a note added to illustrate or amplify, as in a mathematical work.
Examples
Scholium, a marginal note explanatory of the text of a classic author.
The same thing is related (in a well-known 'scholium') to have been done by Apolinarius and Theodore of Mopsuestia.
An illustration, like a funny story, loses its pungency if it requires a scholium.
Occasionally a scholium of this kind gives the substance of one of the longer extracts; but as a rule they are distinct.
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