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skolion

skolion is the alternative spelling 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 skolion

pluralskolia

Questions about skolion

What is skolion the alternative spelling of?
Skolion is the alternative spelling of scolion.

Words near skolion in the dictionary

  1. Skolemization
  2. Skolemnization
  3. skolezite
  4. skolia
  5. skoling
  6. skolion
  7. skolioromantic
  8. skoliosexual
  9. skoliosexuality
  10. skoliosexuals
  11. Skoll

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