Scholiast

[skәuliæst]

Definition

(noun.) a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author).

Editor: Oswald--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.

Typist: Shirley

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Commentator, annotator, glossarist.

Typed by Jody

Definition

n. one of a class of ancient grammarians mostly anonymous who wrote short notes on the margins of the MSS. of ancient Greek and Roman classics a writer of scholia: an annotator: a commentator.—adj. Scholias′tic pertaining to a scholiast or to scholia.—ns. Schō′lion Schō′lium one of the marginal notes of the old critics on the ancient classics: (math.) an explanation tion added to a problem:—pl. Schō′lia Schō′liums.

Edited by Cecilia