LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

schola

schola f (genitive scholae)
Classical[ˈskʰɔ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈskɔː.la]

Meaning

  1. feminineLeisure time given to learning; schooltime, classtime.
    c. ad 65, Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, CVI.We learn [such literature] not for life but for schooltime.
  2. feminineA school; a place for learning or instruction.
    1804 Jun 12, Oberdeutsche Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, No. 70, p. 1119We must learn not for school but for life.
  3. feminineA student body; the disciples of a teacher.
  4. feminineA school (especially a secondary school), a sect; body of followers of a teacher or system, such as those of a philosopher or the Praetorian guard
    Near-synonym: lūdus
  5. feminineAn art gallery.

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Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Ludus · Schola

Ludus is a lower school for boys, who are compelled to learn; schola, a higher school for youths and men, who wish to learn. Ludus supposes discipulos, ludi-magistrum, and school-discipline; schola supposes auditores, doctorem, and academical regulations. (vi. 203.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescholascholae
genitivescholaescholārum
dativescholaescholīs
accusativescholamscholās
ablativescholāscholīs
vocativescholascholae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

schola
a school for higher education.
scholis interesse
to attend lectures.
scholam frequentare
to go to a school.
schola, disciplina, familia; secta
a sect, school of thought.
desudare in scholae umbra or umbraculis
to exert oneself in the schools.
scholas habere, explicare (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
to give lectures.

schŏla (scŏla), ae, f., = σχολή (spare time, leisure; hence, in partic.),
I. Leisure given to learning, a learned conversation or debate, a disputation, lecture, dissertation, etc.: in quam exercitationem (disputandi) ita nos studiose operam dedimus, ut jam etiam scholas Graecorum more habere auderemus ... Itaque dierum quinque scholas, ut Graeci appellant, in totidem libros contuli, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7; 8: separatim certae scholae sunt de exsilio, de interitu patriae, etc. ... Haec Graeci in singulas scholas et in singulos libros dispertiunt, id. ib. 3, 34, 81: scholam aliquam explicare, id. Fin. 2, 1, 1: habes scholam Stoicam, id. Fam. 9, 22, 5: vertes te ad alteram scholam: disseres de triumpho, id. Pis. 25, 60: ubi sunt vestrae scholae, id. ib. 27, 65; Quint. 3, 6, 59 Spald.—
B. Transf.
1. A place for learned conversation or instruction, a place of learning, a school (cf. ludus): toto hoc de genere, de quaerendā, de collocandā pecuniā, commodius a quibusdam optimis viris ad Janum medium sedentibus quam ab ullis philosophis ullā in scholā disputatur, Cic. Off. 2, 25, 90: qui cum in scholā assedissent, id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 1, 13, 56; Suet. Gram. 17; Quint. 3, 11. 26: politus e scholā, Cic. Pis. 25, 59: e philosophorum scholis tales fere evadunt, id. Or. 27, 95; Quint. 1, prooem. § 17; 12, 3, 12: rhetorum, id. 12, 2, 23: potiorem in scholis eruditionem esse quam domi, id. 2, 3, 10; 5, 13, 45; so (opp. forum) id. 5, 13, 36: ut ab Homero in scholis, Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 2.—
b. A gallery where works of art were exhibited: Octaviae scholae, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29; cf. id. 35, 10, 3, § 114.—
c. Scholae bestiarum, a place where animals fight, an amphitheatre, Tert. Apol. 35.—
2. The disciples or followers of a teacher, a school, sect: clamabunt omnia gymnasia atque omnes philosophorum scholae, sua haec esse omnia propria, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 56: ejus (Isocratis) schola principes oratorum dedit, Quint. 12, 10, 22; cf.: Theodori schola, id. 3, 11, 26: scholae Asclepiadis, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 76: dissederunt hae diu scholae, id. 29, 1, 5, § 6: Cassianae scholae princeps, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 8.—
b. In the time of the later emperors, a college or corporation of the army or of persons of the same profession: Schola Exceptorum, Chartulariorum, Singulariorum, etc., Cod. Th. 12, 20, 20; 12, 17, 2 et saep.; Cod. Just. 4, 65, 35; Amm. 14, 7, 12.—
c. The building of that corporation, Inscr. in Jahn's Neue Jahrb. vol. 66, p. 338.—*
II. A place in a bathing-room where one waited before entering the bath, a waiting-place, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianisciola
  • Sardinianiscola
  • Sardinianscola
Elsewhere
  • Englishschola
  • Portugueseschola
  • Romanianșcoală
  • Albanianskollë
  • Albanianshkollë
  • Basqueeskola
  • Czechškola
  • Idoskolofrom Esperanto skolo
  • Old Frenchescole
  • Old Irishscol
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanescola
  • Occitanescòla
  • Old Frenchescuele
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseescolafrom Old Galician-Portuguese escola
  • Spanishescuelafrom Old Spanish escuela
  • Galicianescolafrom Old Galician-Portuguese escola
  • Asturianescuela
  • Leoneseescuela
  • Mirandesescuola
  • Hebrew scriptסקולהfrom Old Spanish escuela
  • Latin scriptskolafrom Old Spanish escuela
  • Latin scripteskolafrom Old Spanish escuela
  • Andalusian Arabicاشكولة
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianscuola
  • Gallureseiscolafrom Corsican scola
  • Sassareseischorafrom Corsican scola
  • Dalmatianscol
  • Dalmatianskól
  • Dalmatianskuol
  • Dalmatianscól
  • Dalmatianscuol
  • Serbo-Croatianškȏlafrom Italian scuola
  • Serbo-Croatianшко̑лаfrom Italian scuola
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianscuele
  • Ladinscola
  • Romanshscola
  • Romanshscoula
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianscôla
  • Lombardscöla
  • Lombardscöra

Quick answers

What does schola mean in Latin?
schola, a noun, means “Leisure time given to learning; schooltime, classtime.; A school”.
What is the genitive of schola?
The genitive singular is scholae. schola is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce schola?
In classical Latin, [ˈskʰɔ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskɔː.la].