scholiast

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek σχολιαστής (skholiastḗs), from σχολιάζειν (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion).

The Scholiast on Thucydides (i. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
Our more modern Scholiasts are equally acute. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
Many ancient authors and scholiasts have commented upon the looseness and sex appeal of this dance. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter

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