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|lshtext=<b>schŏlastĭcus</b>: a, um.<br /><b>I</b> Adj. = [[σχολαστικός]],> of or belonging to a [[school]], scholastic ([[post]]-Aug., and in gen. referring to the schools of [[rhetoric]]): controversiae, Quint. 4, 2, 92; 4, 2, 97; Tac. Or. 14 fin.: [[materia]], Quint. 11, 1, 82: declamationes, Gell. 15, 1, 1: scholasticae [[atque]] umbraticae litterae, Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 3: lex, id. ib. 2, 20, 9.— As subst.: schŏlastĭca, ōrum, n. <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, [[school]]-exercises: in scholasticis [[nonnumquam]] evenit, ut pro narratione [[sit]] [[propositio]], Quint. 4, 2, 30; 7, 1, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: schŏlastĭcus, i, m., one [[who]] teaches or studies [[rhetoric]], a lecturer in the schools, a [[rhetorician]] (opp. to a [[public]] [[orator]]): ([[Isaeus]] [[rhetor]]) annum sexagesimum excessit et [[adhuc]] [[scholasticus]] [[tantum]] est, etc., Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5 sq.; cf.: [[nunc]] adulescentuli nostri deducuntur in scenas scholasticorum qui rhetores vocantur, quos, etc., Tac. Or. 35; 26 fin.; Suet. Rhet. 6; Quint. 12, 11, 16; Petr. 6: contentis scholasticorum clamoribus, i. e. [[with]] the [[applause]] of the scholars, Tac. Or. 15.—Of rhetoricians, [[who]], on [[account]] of [[their]] [[knowledge]] of [[law]], acted as pleaders or advocates in lawsuits, Cod. Th. 8, 10, 2; Aug. Tract. in Joann. 7.—As a [[term]] of [[reproach]], a [[pedant]]: heus tu scholastice, App. M. 2, p. 119, 8; Petr. 61, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., a [[man]] of [[learning]], a [[scholar]], Alex. Aur. ap. Capit. Maxim. jun. 3; Veg. 4, prooem. § 2; Hier. Vir. Ill. 99 al.—Of a [[grammarian]], Verg. Cat. 7, 4.—Hence, adv.: schŏlastĭcē, [[rhetorically]], Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 4.