Definition of trivium in English:

trivium

noun ˈtrɪvɪəmˈtrɪviəm

historical

An introductory course at a medieval university involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
〈史〉（中世纪大学的）三学科（即语法、修辞、逻辑）。比较QUADRIVIUM
Compare with quadrivium
Example sentencesExamples
- And yet our curricula still reflect the priorities of the 1893 Committee of Ten, if not the shadows of the medieval trivium and quadrivium.
- After completion of the trivium, medieval pupils graduated to the more challenging ‘quadrivium’ of music, astronomy, geometry, and arithmetic.
- The three basic arts - grammar, logic, and rhetoric - were known as the trivium.
- In medieval terms, the Platonic approach locates music in the quadrivium, as a branch of mathematics, while the Aristotelian locates it with the practical arts of the trivium, grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
- His initial studies covered the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin, literally 'place where three roads meet', from tri- 'three' + via 'road'.

Definition of trivium in US English:

trivium

nounˈtrɪviəmˈtrivēəm

historical

An introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
〈史〉（中世纪大学的）三学科（即语法、修辞、逻辑）。比较QUADRIVIUM
Compare with quadrivium
Example sentencesExamples
- His initial studies covered the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
- The three basic arts - grammar, logic, and rhetoric - were known as the trivium.
- After completion of the trivium, medieval pupils graduated to the more challenging ‘quadrivium’ of music, astronomy, geometry, and arithmetic.
- And yet our curricula still reflect the priorities of the 1893 Committee of Ten, if not the shadows of the medieval trivium and quadrivium.
- In medieval terms, the Platonic approach locates music in the quadrivium, as a branch of mathematics, while the Aristotelian locates it with the practical arts of the trivium, grammar, rhetoric, and logic.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin, literally ‘place where three roads meet’, from tri- ‘three’ + via ‘road’.

词汇	trivium
释义	Definition of trivium in English: trivium noun ˈtrɪvɪəmˈtrɪviəm historical An introductory course at a medieval university involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic. 〈史〉（中世纪大学的）三学科（即语法、修辞、逻辑）。比较QUADRIVIUM Compare with quadrivium Example sentencesExamples And yet our curricula still reflect the priorities of the 1893 Committee of Ten, if not the shadows of the medieval trivium and quadrivium. After completion of the trivium, medieval pupils graduated to the more challenging ‘quadrivium’ of music, astronomy, geometry, and arithmetic. The three basic arts - grammar, logic, and rhetoric - were known as the trivium. In medieval terms, the Platonic approach locates music in the quadrivium, as a branch of mathematics, while the Aristotelian locates it with the practical arts of the trivium, grammar, rhetoric, and logic. His initial studies covered the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin, literally 'place where three roads meet', from tri- 'three' + via 'road'. Definition of trivium in US English: trivium nounˈtrɪviəmˈtrivēəm historical An introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic. 〈史〉（中世纪大学的）三学科（即语法、修辞、逻辑）。比较QUADRIVIUM Compare with quadrivium Example sentencesExamples His initial studies covered the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The three basic arts - grammar, logic, and rhetoric - were known as the trivium. After completion of the trivium, medieval pupils graduated to the more challenging ‘quadrivium’ of music, astronomy, geometry, and arithmetic. And yet our curricula still reflect the priorities of the 1893 Committee of Ten, if not the shadows of the medieval trivium and quadrivium. In medieval terms, the Platonic approach locates music in the quadrivium, as a branch of mathematics, while the Aristotelian locates it with the practical arts of the trivium, grammar, rhetoric, and logic. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin, literally ‘place where three roads meet’, from tri- ‘three’ + via ‘road’.
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