Definition of scholiast Scholiast
scho•li•ast
We found 4 definitions of scholiast from 4 different sources.
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What does scholiast mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: scholiasts |
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| scholiast - a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) | ||
| bookman, scholarly person, student, scholar a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | ||
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Wiktionary 
- scholiast (Noun)
A scholar who writes commentaries on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators of classical authors.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scholiast (n.)
A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scholiast
skō′li-ast, 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. [Gr. scholiastēs—scholion, a scholium.]
