TRIVIUM

trivium

(noun) (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trivium (plural triviums or trivia)

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

(zoology) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

Source: Wiktionary


Triv"i*um, n. Etym: [LL. See Trivial.]

1. The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; -- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.

Note: The trivium and quadrivium together made up the seven liberal arts. See Quadrivium.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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