Trivium

//ˈtɹɪviəm// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The lower division of the liberal arts in a medieval university; grammar, logic, and rhetoric. historical

    "Surely some demon must possess the lad, / Who showed more wit than ever school-boy had, / And learned his Trivium thus without the rod; / But Alcuin said it was the grace of God."

  2. 2
    (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence wordnet
  3. 3
    The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.
  4. 4
    Singular of trivia; anything of little importance. form-of, rare, singular

    "[…] question of sympathy or antipathy sometimes evoked by a trivium; and in the category of trivia many learned and responsible individuals include Motion Pictures. Only they are not so trivial if we consider the power of feeling evoked by Motion Pictures, and the number of movie-goers."

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin trivium.

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