trivium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trivium
1795–1805; < Medieval Latin, special use of Latin trivium public place, literally, place where three roads meet. See trivial
Vocabulary lists containing trivium
Example Sentences
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She went on to write a PhD dissertation on the effect of formal rhetoric on Shakespeare’s language, and remained an evangelist for the use of the trivium in education.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
The three arts of the trivium relate to the mind, and the four of the quadrivium to matter.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
The schools were at first held publicly in shops; hence the name trivium.
From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
Among the old Romans, a trivium meant a place where three ways met, and a quadrivium where four, or what we now call a cross-road.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.
Early university studies were in two parts, the trivium —grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and the quadrivium— music, astronomy, geometry, and arithmetic.
From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert
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