scholium
/ˈskəʊlɪəm/noun
scholium is a noun meaning “A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-H-O-L-I-U-M, and it appears about once in every 58 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of scholium is scholia or scholiums.
What does scholium mean?
noun
- 1
A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
- 2
A note added to a proof as amplification.
- 3
A “copy-book maxim”, trite saying.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce scholium?
- /ˈskəʊlɪəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of scholium
- scholia plural
- scholiums plural
- scholion
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is scholium?
Scholium appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with scholium
Sounds like: scolium (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Scholium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense philology: commentary note added to a text:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does scholium come from?
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σχόλιον (skhólion, “comment”), from σχολή (skholḗ, “discussion”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).