EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin
NounEdit
trivium (plural trivia)
- (in medieval universities) The lower division of the liberal arts; grammar, logic and rhetoric.
- (zoology) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From tri- (“three”) + via (“road”). Compare trivius, epithet of deities having temples at the intersection of three roads.
NounEdit
trivium n (genitive triviī); second declension
- a crossroads or fork where three roads meet
- (Medieval Latin) trivium
- accusative singular of trivium
- vocative singular of trivium
InflectionEdit
Second declension neuter.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trivium | trivia |
| genitive | triviī | triviōrum |
| dative | triviō | triviīs |
| accusative | trivium | trivia |
| ablative | triviō | triviīs |
| vocative | trivium | trivia |
AdjectiveEdit
trivium
- nominative neuter singular of trivius
- accusative masculine singular of trivius
- accusative neuter singular of trivius
- vocative neuter singular of trivius