σχολή, σχολῆς, ἡ (from σχεῖν; hence, properly, German das Anhalten; (cf. English 'to hold on,' equivalent to either to stop or to persist)); 1. from Pindar down, freedom from labor, leisure. 2. according to later Greek usage, a place where there is leisure for anything, a school (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, III.; Winer's Grammar, 23): Act_19:9 (Dionysius Halicarnassus, de jud. Isocrates 1; tie vi Dem. 44; often in Plutarch).

σχολή scholē 1x freedom from occupation; later, ease, leisure; a school, Act_19:9

σχολή , -ῆς , ἡ , [in LXX : Gen_33:14 (κατὰ σ ., H328 ), 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 , v. MM , xxiv).†

σχολή [page 620] (1) leisure : cf. P Tebt II. 315 .16 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν μὲν οὖν σχολὴν ἄγῃς γράψας [σ ]ου τὰ βιβλία ἄνελθ̣ε πρὸς ἐμέ , so if you have time write up your books and come to me, in view of the visit of a government inspector, P Leid W vii. 21 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἐν (τῷ οὐρανῷ ) σχολὴν ( otium ) ἔχων , and P Flor II. 227 .18 (A.D. 258) ἐγὼ γὰρ σχολὴν οὐκ ἔσχον πρός σε ἐλθεῖν . MGr σκόλη , holiday. (2) occupation : cf. P Petr II. 11(1) .3 (iii/B.C.) (= Selections , p. 7), where a son writes to his father, asking for an introduction to King Ptolemy, ὅπως τῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος σχολῆς ἀπολυθῶ , that I may be relieved from my present occupation. (3) school, lecture-hall, as in Act_19:9 , cf. P Giss I. 85 .14 (Trajan/Hadrian) ἵνα μοι παρε̣ξσ̣ε τὰ ἐπιτήδια̣ τῇ σχολῇ <<ς >>. MGr σκολείο , school. For σχολαστικός = advocate, see P Oxy VI. 902 .1 ( c . A.D. 465) with the editors note, and C. and B . ii. p. 760, No. 699 with note.

σχολή σχολη, ἡ, "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. c. gen. "rest from" a thing, σχολῇ κακοῦ Soph. ; so, σχ. ἀπό τινος Plat. "idleness", Eur. "that in which leisure is employed", esp. "a learned discussion, lecture", Plat. , etc. "a place for lectures, a school", Arist. , etc. σχολῇ as adv. "in a leisurely way, tardily", like σχολαίως, Soph. , Thuc. , etc. "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.

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)