quadrivium
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Medieval Latin quadrivium (“the four mathematical studies”), from Latin quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”).
[edit] Noun
quadrivium (plural quadrivia)
- The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”).
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[edit] Noun
quadrivium (genitive quadriviī); n, second declension
- a crossroads; place where four ways meet.
- (Medieval Latin) the quadrivium (the four mathematical liberal arts)
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[edit] Descendants
- English: quadrivium
[edit] References
- quadrivium in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879