quadruvium

Latin

Noun

quadruvium n (genitive quadruviī or quadruvī); second declension

  1. alternative form of quadrivium
    1. crossroads
      • 789 CE, Charlemagne, Capitulare generale (An. 789):[1]
        De pauperibus in plateis vel in quadruviis iacentibus, ut ad ecclesiam veniant, et illorum confessiones donent.
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    2. the quadrivium (four mathematical arts of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative quadruvium quadruvia
genitive quadruviī quadruviōrum
dative quadruviō quadruviīs
accusative quadruvium quadruvia
ablative quadruviō quadruviīs
vocative quadruvium quadruvia

References

  1. ^ https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Capitularia_(Carolus_Magnus)

Further reading

  • quadruvium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • "quadruvium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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