Associations to the word «Scholiast»

Wiktionary

SCHOLIAST, noun. A scholar who writes commentaries on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators of classical authors.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne