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Definition of Scholiast
1. Noun. A scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author).
Definition of Scholiast
1. n. A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
Definition of Scholiast
1. Noun. A scholar who writes commentaries on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators of classical authors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scholiast
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scholiast
Literary usage of Scholiast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1894)
"1047, -^apiv '8 added by the scholiast in the margin : f. 131 r. the colophon of
the Persae and the title to the Agamemnon are by the second scribe ; f. ..."
2. Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical Comments on the by Pierre-Henri Larcher (1844)
"The scholiast of this poet says, on this passage, that Stesichorus was the first
... If we may rely on this scholiast, the 27th hymn, attributed to Homer, ..."
3. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"Where by the common mother both of gods and men, the scholiast understands the
earth and chaos, taking the gods here for the ..."
4. The Classical Journal (1812)
"On-each of these classes of active principles, I shall make a few observations.
The -scholiast on ... 1 HE scholiast, in chapter 7. ..."
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