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trivium

trivium, a place where three roads meet, fork, cross-road

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

trivium , iī, n.: the intersection of three roads; a road-crossing; a public place, 4.609. (trēs and via)

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triuia Noun: neuter accusative plural, Noun: neuter nominative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural of trivium

triuia Adjective: feminine ablative singular, Adjective: feminine nominative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative plural, Adjective: neuter accusative plural of trivius

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trĭvĭum, i, n. [ter-via].
  • Lit., a place where three roads meet, a fork in the roads, cross-road: ut ventum est in trivium, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—
  • II Transf., in gen., a public square, the public street, highway; plur.: in triviis aut in compitis, Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7: nocturnisque Hecate triviis ululata per urbes, Verg. A. 4, 609; Lucr. 4, 1203: occurram in triviis, Hor. S. 1, 9, 59; id. Ep. 1, 16, 64; 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 245.— Sing.: pueros in trivio docere, Just. 21, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 12 (22).—Prov.: arripere maledictum ex trivio, i.e. out of the street, from the mob, Cic. Mur. 6, 13.

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