Synonyms for quadrivium

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwo-driv-ee-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : kwɒˈdrɪv i əm

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Définition of quadrivium

Origin : "arithmetic, music, geometry, astronomy," 1804 (see liberal arts), from Latin quadrivium, which meant "place where four roads meet, crossroads," from quadri- "four" (see quadri-) + via "way, road, channel, course" (see via). The adjective quadrivial is attested from late 15c. in English with the sense "having four roads."

As in four : noun four of something

Example sentences :

Such men as Anselm were educated on the Trivium and Quadrivium.
Extract from : « The History of Dartmouth College » by Baxter Perry Smith

The Trivium was sometimes designated as logic and the Quadrivium as physic.
Extract from : « Woman under Monasticism » by Lina Eckenstein

The four branches of the quadrivium were pursued more casually.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

Music, the fourth branch of the Quadrivium, was zealously cultivated.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

Thus the first three books contain the Trivium and Quadrivium.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

But let us rather seek it in the curriculum of the Trivium and Quadrivium.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

Likewise, some work on Astronomy, which was one of the quadrivium subjects.
Extract from : « Practical Essays » by Alexander Bain

He was versed not less in the arts of the Trivium than in the sciences of the Quadrivium.
Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 » by Various

In the curriculum of the mediaeval university, astronomy made up with music, arithmetic and geometry the Quadrivium.
Extract from : « The Evolution of Modern Medicine » by William Osler

In these last two divisions we have the root of the medival trivium and quadrivium.
Extract from : « Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals » by Thomas Davidson

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