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单词 trivium
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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

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    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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