scholiast

UK/ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/

scholiast noun: a scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.

Noun

scholiast (plural scholiasts)

A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
- [N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses.1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
- [L]ike it or not, I was caught up once more in the scholiast’s game, paring popular notions of the ‘queer’ and ‘unearthly’ from notions of the ‘monstrous’.1981, John Gardner, Freddy's Book, Abacus, published 1982, page 8

உரையாசிரியர், மெய்ந்நுற் கருத்துத் தொகுதி

plural	scholiasts

From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek σχολιαστής (skholiastḗs), from σχολιάζειν (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion).

What does scholiast mean?: Scholiast means a scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
What is scholiast in Tamil?: Scholiast in Tamil is உரையாசிரியர், மெய்ந்நுற் கருத்துத் தொகுதி. See Scholiast meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scholiast?: Scholiast is a noun.
How do you pronounce scholiast?: Scholiast is pronounced /ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/ (UK).
What is the plural of scholiast?: The plural of scholiast is scholiasts.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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