lecture hall

Greek Noun Female

σχολή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Gen.33:14 (κατὰ σ, אַט), Pro.28:19, Sir.38:24 *;] 1) leisure. 2) Later (from Plato on), (a) that for which leisure is employed, a disputation, lecture; (b) the place where lectures are delivered, a school: Act.19:9 (for the later sense of employment, see MM, xxiv). (AS)

lecture hall

Greek Noun Female

σχολή, ἡ, leisure, rest, ease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀσχολία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σχολὴν ἄγειν to be at leisure, enjoy ease, keep quiet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπί τινι for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινα to give up one's time to him, [Refs]; σ. ἔχειν to have leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφὶ ἑαυτόν for one's own business, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιεῖσθαι to find leisure, πρός τι [Refs]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ σχολὴν τίθει, i.e. make haste, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχολή [ἐστί] μοι I have time, οὐ σχολὴ αὐτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ οὔσης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, οὔτοι. τῇδ᾽ ἐμοὶ σ. πάρα τρίβειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἴ τῳ καὶ λογίζεσθαι σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταβαίνειν οὐ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχολὴ ἐδόκει γίγνεσθαι he thought he had plenty of time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. διδόναι, παρέχειν τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τοῦ πράττοντος σ. περιμένειν to wait his leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχολῆς τόδ᾽ ἔργον a work for leisure, i.e. requiring attention, [Refs 5th c.BC+] at leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) with genitive, leisure, rest from a thing, ἔν τινι σχολῇ κακοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἄγειν ἀπό τινος to keep clear of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) idleness, τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) that in which leisure is employed, οὐ κάμνω σχολῇ I am not weary of talk, [Refs]; especially learned discussion, disputation, lecture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ οὐ σχολὴ Πλάτωνο; [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἠθικαὶ σ, title of work by Persaeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.2) a group to whom lectures were given, school, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἔχειν to keep a school, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σχολῆς ἡγεῖσθαι to be master of it, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.3) Latin schola, ={σχολαστήριον}, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III) σχολαί, αἱ, regiments of the Imperial guard, [Refs 6th c.AD+] see at {διέδριον}; Latin scholae, [Refs 4th c.AD+] III.b) section of an office, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; of the [Refs] 'schools' of shorthand writers, [Refs 6th c.AD+] B) σχολῇ as adverb, in a leisurely way, tardily, ἤνυτον σ. βραδύς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄτρεμά τε καὶ σ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+] B.2) at one's leisure, i.e. scarcely, hardly, not at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+] b: frequently in apodosi, to introduce an a fortioriargument, εἰ δὲ μὴ, ἦ που σχολῇ. γε if not so, hardly or much less so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁπότε γὰρ, answered by σ. γε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

properly, loitering (as a withholding of oneself from work) or leisure, i.e. (by implication) a "school" (as vacation from physical employment); school; probably feminine of a presumed derivative of the alternate of g2192 (ἔχω)