Get to know Scholiast better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like scholar or bookman.
Scholiast in a sentence
Scholiast meaning
A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
Using Scholiast
- The main meaning on this page is: A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
- Useful related words include: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student.
Context around Scholiast
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scholiast
- In this selection, "scholiast" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tzetzes stand out and add context to how "scholiast" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include proclus the scholiast to euclid and tzetzes scholiast on lycophron. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scholiast" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scholiast
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tzetzes, Scholiast on Lycophron 999. Achilles slew Thersites, and after a dispute sailed to Lesbos, where he was purified for his murder by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto. (31 words)
Proclus, the scholiast to Euclid, knew Eudemus of Rhodes ' History of Geometry well, and gave a short sketch of the early history of geometry, which appeared to be founded on the older, lost book of Eudemus. (36 words)
Proclus, the scholiast to Euclid, knew Eudemus of Rhodes ' History of Geometry well, and gave a short sketch of the early history of geometry, which appeared to be founded on the older, lost book of Eudemus. (36 words)
Tzetzes, Scholiast on Lycophron 999. Achilles slew Thersites, and after a dispute sailed to Lesbos, where he was purified for his murder by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto. (31 words)
Example sentences (2)
Proclus, the scholiast to Euclid, knew Eudemus of Rhodes ' History of Geometry well, and gave a short sketch of the early history of geometry, which appeared to be founded on the older, lost book of Eudemus.
Tzetzes, Scholiast on Lycophron 999. Achilles slew Thersites, and after a dispute sailed to Lesbos, where he was purified for his murder by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto.