different between commentator vs scholiast

English

Alternative forms

• commentatour (archaic)

Etymology

comment +? -ator.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?m?n?te?t??/

Noun

commentator (plural commentators)

1. A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.

Derived terms

• commentate

Related terms

• commentary

Translations

Latin

Verb

comment?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of commentor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of commentor

References

• commentator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• commentator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• commentator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• commentator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

From Late Latin scholiasta, from Byzantine Greek ?????????? (skholiast?s), from ?????????? (skholiázein), from Ancient Greek ??????? (skhólion).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk??.l?.æst/

Noun

scholiast (plural scholiasts)

1. A scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
   • 1855, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume III, ch. 14:

     [N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses.

   • 1981, John Gardner, Freddy's Book (Abacus 1982 edition), p. 8:

     [L]ike it or not, I was caught up once more in the scholiast’s game, paring popular notions of the ‘queer’ and ‘unearthly’ from notions of the ‘monstrous’.

Derived terms

• scholiastic