quadrivium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Coordinate terms 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Descendants 2.4 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin quadrivium (“‘the four mathematical studies’”) < Latin quattuor (“‘four’”) + via (“‘road’”).

[edit] Noun

quadrivium (plural quadrivia)

1. The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.

[edit] Coordinate terms

• trivium

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From quattuor (“‘four’”) + via (“‘road’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /kʷaˈdri.wi.um/

[edit] Noun

quadrivium (genitive quadriviī); n, second declension

1. a crossroads; place where four ways meet.
2. (Medieval Latin) the quadrivium (the four mathematical liberal arts)

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	quadrivium	quadrivia
genitive	quadriviī	quadriviōrum
dative	quadriviō	quadriviīs
accusative	quadrivium	quadrivia
ablative	quadriviō	quadriviīs
vocative	quadrivium	quadrivia

[edit] Descendants

• English: quadrivium

[edit] References

• “quadrivium” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)