quadrivium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kwɒˈdɹɪvɪ.əm/    美 /kwɑˈdɹɪvi.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music. historical
    — As to the nature of his studies, there can be no doubt that he [Dante] went through the trivium (grammar, dialectic, rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy) of the then ordinary university course.

词形变化

quadriviums plural quadrivia plural

词源

From Medieval Latin quadrivium (“the four mathematical studies”), from Latin quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”).
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