schola

English

Etymology

From Latin schola.

Noun

schola (plural scholas)

1. Originally, a musical school attached to a monastery or church. Also known as a schola cantorum.
2. Today, a group of musicians, particularly one which specializes in liturgical music.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχολή (scholḗ).

Noun

schola f (genitive scholae); first declension

1. Leisure time given to learning.
2. A school; a place for learning or instruction.
3. A student body; the disciples of a teacher.
4. A sect; body of followers of a teacher or system, such as the Praetorian guard.
5. An art gallery.

Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	schola	scholae
genitive	scholae	scholārum
dative	scholae	scholīs
accusative	scholam	scholās
ablative	scholā	scholīs
vocative	schola	scholae

Related terms

• scholāris
• scholasticē
• scholasticus

Descendants

Afrikaans: skool Albanian: shkollë Asturian: escuela Catalan: escola Czech: škola Danish: skole Dutch: school English: school Estonian: kool Faroese: skúli Finnish: koulu

French: école Friulian: scuele Georgian: სკოლა (skola) German: Schule Hungarian: iskola Icelandic: skóli Italian: scuola Ladino: סקולה/skola Malay: sekolah Norwegian: skole/skule Old English: scōl

Polish: szkoła Portuguese: escola Romanian: școală Russian: школа (škola) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шко̑ла Latin: škȏla Slovak: škola Slovene: šola Spanish: escuela Swahili: shule

Swedish: skola Tagalog: eskuwelahan Turkish: okul Ukrainian: школа (škóla) Welsh: ysgol Yiddish: שולע (shule)/‎שול (shul)

References

• schola in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879