About The Word Scholiast
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Scholiast
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What's The Definition Of Scholiast?
[n] a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scholiast: Related Terms | Find terms related to Scholiast: See Also | scholar | scholarly person | student Scholiast In Webster's Dictionary \Scho"li*ast\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a scholium: cf. F.
scoliate. See {Scholium}.]
A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . .
. ever marred the effect of his grave temperate
discourses. --Macaulay.
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