schola
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
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schola (plural scholas)
- Originally, a musical school attached to a monastery or church. Also known as a schola cantorum.
- Today, a group of musicians, particularly one which specializes in liturgical music.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek σχολή (scholḗ)
[edit] Noun
schola (genitive scholae); f, first declension
- Leisure time given to learning.
- A school; a place for learning or instruction.
- A student body; the disciples of a teacher.
- A sect; body of followers of a teacher or system, such as the Praetorian guard.
- An art gallery.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | schola | scholae |
| genitive | scholae | scholārum |
| dative | scholae | scholīs |
| accusative | scholam | scholās |
| ablative | scholā | scholīs |
| vocative | schola | scholae |
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Descendants
- Afrikaans: skool
- Albanian: shkollë
- Czech: škola
- Danish: skole
- Dutch: school
- English: school
- Estonian: kool
- Finnish: koulu
- French: école
- Georgian: სკოლა (skola)
- German: Schule
- Hungarian: iskola
- Icelandic: skóli
- Italian: scuola
- Ladino: סקורה/scora
- Malay: sekolah
- Norwegian: skole/skule
- Old English: scōl
- Polish: szkoła
- Portuguese: escola
- Romanian: şcoală
- Russian: школа (škola)
- Spanish: escuela
- Swahili: shule
- Swedish: skola
- Tagalog: eskuwelahan
- Turkish: okul
- Welsh: ysgol
- Yiddish: שולע/שול (shule/shul)
[edit] References
- “schola” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)
