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Definition of "scholium" []

  • An explanatory note or commentary, as on a Greek or Latin text. (noun)
  • A note amplifying a proof or course of reasoning, as in mathematics. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "scholium" in a sentence
  • "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.""
  • "The same thing is related (in a well-known 'scholium') to have been done by Apolinarius and Theodore of Mopsuestia."