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scolium

/ˈskəʊlɪəm/

scolium is the alternative form of scolion.

Meaning of scolion

Noun

scolion (plural scolia)

  1. (Greek antiquities) Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
    • Terpander was the inventour of those songs called Scolia, which were sung at feasts.1603, Holland, Plutarch, page 1257

Forms of scolium

pluralscolia

Questions about scolium

What is scolium the alternative form of?
Scolium is the alternative form of scolion.
How do you pronounce scolium?
Scolium is pronounced /ˈskəʊlɪəm/.

Words near scolium in the dictionary

  1. scoliotones
  2. scolite
  3. scolites
  4. scolithi
  5. scolithus
  6. scolium
  7. Scollon
  8. Scollons
  9. scollop
  10. scolloped
  11. scolloping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scolium (page history and authors); scolion (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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