n.
Pronunciation: ' sk ō -l ē - ə m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lia \ -l ē - ə \ or -li · ums
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek scholion comment, scholium, from diminutive of schol ē lecture
Date: 1535
1 : a marginal annotation or comment (as on the text of a classic by an early grammarian)
2 : a remark or observation subjoined but not essential to a demonstration or a train of reasoning