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scolista

English translation: scholiast

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Italian term or phrase:scoliasta
English translation:scholiast
Entered by: Dana Rinaldi

10:40 Jun 5, 2013
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy
Italian term or phrase: scolista
Hello all,

I need help with the term "scolista"

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Non sbagliava uno scolista del Timeo di Platone quando, riferendosi a quel vasto e spopolato territorio dove i giacimenti di galena argentifera abbondavano, definiva la Sardegna come “l’Isola delle vene d’argento

Thanks for your help.
Dana Rinaldi
Italy
Local time: 06:05
scholiast
Explanation:
typo for "scoliasta"?

Vario Rufo - Wikipedia
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vario_Rufo‎Translate this page
... molto citato da Virgilio (che si appropriò di interi versi); Orazio probabilmente alludeva ad un altro poema e, secondo uno scoliasta che scrisse sulle Epistole, ...

Scholia (singular scholium or scholion, from Greek σχόλιον "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments, either original or extracted from pre-existing commentaries, which are inserted on the margin of the manuscript of an ancient author, as glosses. One who writes scholia is a scholiast. The earliest attested use of the word dates to the 1st century BC.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholia
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:05
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, it was a typo.
Dana
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2scholiast
Rachel Fell
4scholist
cynthiatesser


  

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scholist


Explanation:
http://www.omnidict.com/pages/Scholeast.html

cynthiatesser
Italy
Local time: 06:05
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica L. (X)
38 mins
disagree  Laurence Fogarty: The reference link you supply in fact defines the word "scholiast", with a question mark and points out that "The proper spelling of this word (scholast) is: Scholiast" ..so Rachel has the correct answer.....!
4 hrs
  -> Yes, but I was the one who first had an idea what it was about and put the asker and other answerers on the right track.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
scholiast


Explanation:
typo for "scoliasta"?

Vario Rufo - Wikipedia
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vario_Rufo‎Translate this page
... molto citato da Virgilio (che si appropriò di interi versi); Orazio probabilmente alludeva ad un altro poema e, secondo uno scoliasta che scrisse sulle Epistole, ...

Scholia (singular scholium or scholion, from Greek σχόλιον "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments, either original or extracted from pre-existing commentaries, which are inserted on the margin of the manuscript of an ancient author, as glosses. One who writes scholia is a scholiast. The earliest attested use of the word dates to the 1st century BC.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholia


Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, it was a typo.
Dana

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laurence Fogarty: agree
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Laurence :-)
agree  Jim Tucker (X)
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Thank you Jim :-)
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