Note 26 — Chapter V · THE MUSICAL SIDE—SCHOOLS AND THEIR APPOINTMENTS.

The Greek form of our word school, though in common use, meant leisure, and only passed through its application to the leisurely discussions of philosophers into its new and opposite sense. There is some difficulty about the word παιδαγωγεῖον, which some have imagined to be a waiting-room for the pædagogue slaves—absurdly enough. It is probably a mere synonym for the schoolroom.