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Trivium


A word derived from the Latin roots tri- (three) and via (ways, roads), therefore a crossing of three roads. In medieval universities, the trivium consisted of the three subjects in the lower division of the seven liberal arts: grammar, rhetoric, and logic. The word trivial derives from the fact that the trivium contained the least complicated studies.


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Quadrivium, Trivial

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Trivium." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Trivium.html

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