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ˈtrɪv i əmtriv·i·um

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. triviumnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. triviumnoun

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

  2. triviumnoun

    The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

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  1. Trivium

    The trivium is the lower division of the seven liberal arts and comprises grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The trivium is implicit in De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii ("On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury") by Martianus Capella, but the term was not used until the Carolingian Renaissance, when it was coined in imitation of the earlier quadrivium. Grammar, logic, and rhetoric were essential to a classical education, as explained in Plato's dialogues. The three subjects together were denoted by the word trivium during the Middle Ages, but the tradition of first learning those three subjects was established in ancient Greece. Contemporary iterations have taken various forms, including those found in certain British and American universities (some being part of the Classical education movement) and at the independent Oundle School in the United Kingdom.

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  1. trivium

    Trivium is a Latin term that refers to the three foundational subjects in classical education, which include grammar, logic, and rhetoric. This curriculum model was designed to teach students how to think and communicate effectively. It was a crucial part of the medieval education system.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Triviumnoun

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

  2. Triviumnoun

    the three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively

Wikidata

  1. Trivium

    In medieval universities, the trivium comprised the three subjects that were taught first: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The word is a Latin term meaning "the three ways" or "the three roads" forming the foundation of a medieval liberal arts education. This study was preparatory for the quadrivium, which consists of geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, and music. Combining the trivium and quadrivium results in the seven liberal arts of classical study. The trivium is implicit in the De nuptiis of Martianus Capella, although the term was not used until the Carolingian era when it was coined in imitation of the earlier quadrivium. It was later systematized in part by Petrus Ramus as an essential part of Ramism.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trivium in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trivium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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