trivium

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin

[edit] Noun

Singular
trivium

Plural
trivia

trivium (plural trivia)

  1. (in medieval universities) The lower division of the liberal arts; grammar, logic and rhetoric.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From tri- (three) + via (road). Cf. trivius, epithet of deities having temples at the intersection of three roads.

[edit] Noun

trivium (genitive triviī); n, second declension

  1. a crossroads where three roads meet
  2. (Medieval Latin) trivium

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Number Singular Plural
nominative trivium trivia
genitive triviī triviōrum
dative triviō triviīs
accusative trivium trivia
ablative triviō triviīs
vocative trivium trivia

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trivium

  1. nominative neuter singular of trivius
  2. accusative masculine singular of trivius
  3. accusative neuter singular of trivius
  4. vocative neuter singular of trivius