Trivium

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Trivium

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1804, from Medieval Latin trivium (9c.) “grammar, rhetoric, and logic,” the first three of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, considered initiatory and foundational to the other four: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. From Latin trivium, in classical Latin “place where three roads meet; a frequented place; public street, highway,” from tri- “three” (see three) + via “road” (see via).