| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | triv·i·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr v  - m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. triv·i·a (--)
The lower division of the seven liberal arts in medieval schools, consisting of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin, from Latin, crossroads : tri-, tri- + via, road; see wegh- in Appendix I.
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