Meaning of glossa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. an obsolete, foreign, rare, or otherwise difficult term that requires explanation
   declension-1
2. an explanation or interpretation of such a word
   Late-Latin, declension-1
3. an explanation added to a passage of text, a gloss
   Medieval-Latin, declension-1
4. a term applied to collections of such words with explanations, a glossary
   declension-1, in-plural
5. a series of glosses assembled into a commentary
   Medieval-Latin, declension-1, in-plural
6. a language, dialect, or peculiar idiom
   Medieval-Latin, declension-1
7. an image or example (of a thing)
   Medieval-Latin, declension-1

Examples

“protinus enim potest interpretationem linguae secretioris, quas Graeci γλώσσας vocant, dum aliud agitur, ediscere et inter prima elementa consequi rem postea proprium tempus desideraturam. et quoniam circa res adhuc tenues moramur, ii quoque versus, qui ad imitationem scribendi proponentur, non otiosas velim sententias habeant sed honestum aliquid monentes.”

He can readily learn the explanations or glosses, as the Greeks call them, of the more obscure words by the way and, while he is still engaged on the first rudiments, acquire what would otherwise demand special time to be devoted to it. And as we are still discussing minor details, I would urge that the lines, which he is set to copy, should not express thoughts of no significance, but convey some sound moral lesson. ― translation from the same source

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