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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.

   "Terpander was the inventour of those songs called Scolia, which were sung at feasts."

2. 2
   a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet wordnet

Synonyms

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banquet song

Example

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"Terpander was the inventour of those songs called Scolia, which were sung at feasts."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκόλῐον (skólĭon).

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