σχολή
Alt. σχολη, ἡ,
I. "spare time, leisure, rest, ease", Lat. otium, Hdt., etc.; σχολὴν ἄγειν and ἔχειν to be at "leisure", keep "quiet", Eur., etc.; σχ. ποιεῖσθαι to find "leisure", Xen.; σχ. λαβεῖν Eur.; σχολή [ἐστί] μοι I have "time", Ar., etc.:—with a prep., ἐπὶ σχολῆς at "leisure", at "a fit time", Eur.; κατὰ σχολήν id=Eur.
2. c. gen. "rest from" a thing, σχολῇ κακοῦ Soph.; so, σχ. ἀπό τινος Plat.
3. "idleness", Eur.
II. "that in which leisure is employed", esp. "a learned discussion, lecture", Plat., etc.
2. "a place for lectures, a school", Arist., etc.
B. σχολῇ as adv. "in a leisurely way, tardily", like σχολαίως, Soph., Thuc., etc.
2. "at one's leisure", i. e. "scarcely, hardly, not at all", Soph., etc.; σχολῇ γε id=Soph.:—to introduce an a fortiori argument, εἰ αὗται μὴ ἀκριβεῖς εἰσί, σχολῇ αἱ ἄλλαι if these are not exact, "hardly" can the rest be so, Plat.