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scholia

/ˈskəʊlɪə/

scholia is the plural of scholium.

scholia is the plural of scholion.

Meaning of scholium

Noun

scholium (plural scholia or scholiums)

  1. A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
    • And when I shulde make scholias, notis, and gloses in the margent as himself and his master doith.1535, Joye, Apol. Tindale (Arb.), page 23
  2. A note added to a proof as amplification.
    • Scholium, is a remark made leisurely, and as it were by the by, on that Proposition, Subject or Discourse before advanced, treated of, or delivered.1704, J. Harris, Lex. Techn., volume I
  3. A “copy-book maxim”, trite saying.
    • The old scholium, that ‘too much familiarity breeds contempt’.1830, Marryat, King’s Own, chapter xix

Meaning of scholion

Noun

scholion (plural scholia or (rare) scholions)

  1. A scholium.
    • Hereunto haue I added a certain Glosse, or scholion, for thexposition of old wordes.1579, E. K., Spenser’s Sheph. Cal., Dedication

Questions about scholia

What is scholia the plural of?
Scholia is the plural of scholium.
How do you pronounce scholia?
Scholia is pronounced /ˈskəʊlɪə/.

Words near scholia in the dictionary

  1. scholes
  2. Scholeses
  3. Scholesy
  4. Scholey
  5. Scholfield
  6. scholia
  7. scholiast
  8. scholiastic
  9. scholiasts
  10. scholical
  11. scholied

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scholia (page history and authors); scholium (page history and authors); scholion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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