scholium

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noun a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature)

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion, “comment”), from σχολή (skholḗ, “discussion”).

The certainty, which adheres in A, is attributable to B. SCHOLIUM. — Biographia Literaria, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In the last-named he occasionally cites readings from the Samaritan text; it is interesting to note that in a scholium to 2 Kings xvii. — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein
[36] The same Don Pringello, the celebrated Spanish architect, of whom my cousin Antony has made such honourable mention in a scholium to the Tale inscribed to his name.—Vid. p.129, small edit. — The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne

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