English

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.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχολή ‎(skholḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰo.la/, [ˈskʰɔ.ɫa]

Noun

schola f ‎(genitive scholae); first declension

1. Leisure time given to learning; schooltime, classtime.
   • c. ad 65, Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, CVI.

     non vitæ sed scholæ discimvs

     We learn [such literature] not for life but for schooltime.

2. A school; a place for learning or instruction.
   • 1804 Jun 12, Oberdeutsche Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, No. 70, p. 1119

     non scholæ sed vitæ discendvm est

     We must learn not for school but for life.

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.

Related terms

• scholāris
• scholasticē
• scholasticus

Descendants

References

• schola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• schola in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “schola”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a school for higher education: schola
    
  • to go to a school: scholam frequentare
    
  • to exert oneself in the schools: desudare in scholae umbra or umbraculis
    
  • a sect, school of thought: schola, disciplina, familia; secta
    
  • to give lectures: scholas habere, explicare (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • to attend lectures: scholis interesse
    
• schola in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin