Definition of quadrivium, quadrivium
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LNS
quādrivium, quādriviī
(quadrivium, quadriviī)
quattuorvia
noun (n., 2nd declension)
  1. a place where four ways meet, a crossway, cross-road
  2. the assemblage of the four mathematical sciences
Abbreviations
quā^drivium, ii, n. quattuor-via. Lit., a place where four ways meet, a crossway, cross-road: in quadriviis et angiportis, Cat. 58, 4; so Juv. 1, 63: DII, the tutelar gods of cross-roads, Inscr. Grut. 84, 5; 1015, 1; Inscr. Rein. col. 1, n. 14.

— Transf., the assemblage of the four mathematical sciences (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy), Boeth. Arithmet. 1, 1.
 
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