quadrivium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin quadrivium (“the four mathematical studies”), from Latin quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”).
Noun[edit]
quadrivium (plural quadriviums or quadrivia)
- The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternate forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdri.wi.um/, [kʷaˈdrɪ.wi.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈdri.vi.um/, [kwaˈdriː.vi.um]
Noun[edit]
quadrivium n (genitive quadriviī); second declension
- a crossroads; place where four ways meet.
- (Medieval Latin) the quadrivium (the four mathematical liberal arts)
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | quadrivium | quadrivia |
genitive | quadriviī | quadriviōrum |
dative | quadriviō | quadriviīs |
accusative | quadrivium | quadrivia |
ablative | quadriviō | quadriviīs |
vocative | quadrivium | quadrivia |
Descendants[edit]
- English: quadrivium
- Old French: carroge, carouge
References[edit]
- quadrivium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadrivium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadrivium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- quadrivium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- quadrivium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (carroge)
- “carrefour” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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