Explore Scholium through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Scholium in a sentence
Scholium meaning
- A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
- A note added to a proof as amplification.
- A “copy-book maxim”, trite saying.
Using Scholium
- The main meaning on this page is: A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary. | A note added to a proof as amplification. | A “copy-book maxim”, trite saying.
- In the example corpus, scholium often appears in combinations such as: scholium on, general scholium, scholium to.
Context around Scholium
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scholium
- In this selection, "scholium" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, general, daenorum, servius, appears, explanatory and include stand out and add context to how "scholium" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a scholium to line and envisioned momus scholium on homer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scholium" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scholium
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hesiod, according to a scholium on Apollonius of Rhodes. (9 words)
This law takes place also in attractions, as will be proved in the next scholium. (15 words)
The stories considered part of the Haertel Scholium include A Case of Conscience and the Pantropy series (see below). (19 words)
It has been suggested that Newton gave "an oblique argument for a unitarian conception of God and an implicit attack on the doctrine of the Trinity ", citation but the General Scholium appears to say nothing specifically about these matters. (39 words)
He was already a Christian before he was king—being named Lambert at his baptism Adam of Bremen, Gesta Daenorum, scholium 37, p. 112. Lawson, Cnut, p. 121 —although the Christianization of Scandinavia was not at all complete. (38 words)
It is not to be confused with the General Scholium at the end of Book 2, Section 6, which discusses his pendulum experiments and resistance due to air, water, and other fluids. (32 words)
Example sentences (13)
A scholium to line 971 of Aristophanes ' The Birds mentions a cult "to Pandora, the earth, because she bestows all things necessary for life".
Hesiod, according to a scholium on Apollonius of Rhodes.
He was already a Christian before he was king—being named Lambert at his baptism Adam of Bremen, Gesta Daenorum, scholium 37, p. 112. Lawson, Cnut, p. 121 —although the Christianization of Scandinavia was not at all complete.
His understanding of space is theological and similar to that expressed by Newton in the General Scholium to the Principia.
It has been suggested that Newton gave "an oblique argument for a unitarian conception of God and an implicit attack on the doctrine of the Trinity ", citation but the General Scholium appears to say nothing specifically about these matters.
It is not to be confused with the General Scholium at the end of Book 2, Section 6, which discusses his pendulum experiments and resistance due to air, water, and other fluids.
Newton's 3rd Law Translated to English, this reads: Newton's Scholium (explanatory comment) to this law: Whatever draws or presses another is as much drawn or pressed by that other.
Servius, Scholium on Virgil's Aeneid 2.81 Odysseus had never forgiven Palamedes for threatening the life of his son.
Since Zeus believed that there were too many people populating the earth, he envisioned Momus Scholium on Homer A.5.
The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive.
Theseus overpowered the Minotaur with his strength and stabbed the beast in the throat with his sword (according to one scholium on Pindar's Fifth Nemean Ode, Theseus strangled it).
The stories considered part of the Haertel Scholium include A Case of Conscience and the Pantropy series (see below).
This law takes place also in attractions, as will be proved in the next scholium.
Common combinations with scholium
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- scholium on 5×
- general scholium 3×
- scholium to 2×