trivii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →trivius, trivia, trivium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of/belonging to crossroads temple, esp. sacred to Diana/Hecate;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →trivium, trivi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
place where three roads meet; "the gutter", breeding place of course manners;; trivium, first group of seven liberal arts (grammar/rhetoric/logic);
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...voluptas vinxit, ut in vinclis communibus excrucientur, in triviis cum saepe canes discedere aventis divorsi cupide summis..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Graias umquam contendere ad urbes nec triviis ululare velim pecorique satisque nullae ideo pestes nec luctifer ingruat annus..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...harum interpres curarum et conscia Iuno, nocturnisque Hecate triviis ululata per urbes et Dirae ultrices et di morientis..."Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...tibi fistula cera iuncta fuit? non tu in triviis, indocte, solebas stridenti miserum stipula disperdere carmen? Damoetas..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...medicata rubebas— ille color vere sanguinolentus erat. proiectae triviis iaceatis, inutile lignum, vosque rotae frangat praetereuntis onus! illum..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...exclusus fuero, desistam; tempora quaeram, occurram in triviis, deducam. nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus.' haec..."