quadrivium

quā̆drĭvĭum, 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.—
• II Transf., the assemblage of the four mathematical sciences (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy), Boëth. Arithmet. 1, 1.

quadrivium (quadruvium), iī, n. (quattuor u. via), I) ein Ort, wo vier Wege zusammenstoßen, der Kreuzweg, Catull. 58, 4 (wo Schwabe quadruviis). Iuven, 1, 64. – II) übtr., die Zusammenfassung von vier Wissenschaften, von vier mathematischen (Arithmetik, Musik, Geometrie und Astronomie), Boëth. inst. arithm. 1, 1. p. 7, 25 u. 9, 28 (wo Fr. quadruvium): von vier philosophischen (Logik, Grammatik, Dialektik, Rhetorik), Schol. Vindob. ad Hor. art. poët. 307 (wo ebenf. quadruvium).

quadrivium, quatrivius [CL], quatrivius 1 meeting of four roads, cross-roads. b (as toponym, w. ref. to Carfax in Oxford). vade ‥ ad compitum ubi se findit in ~uvium W. Malm. GR II 205; 1236 pratum ‥ quod extendit se ‥ a veteri quadrio [? l. quadrivio] Oustmannorum usque ad Kylmehanok Doc. Ir. 486; quadrivium dic quatuor esse viarum Garl. Syn. 1588D; 1272 ex parte oriental’ cimiteri de Bruham quadravio in vico ‥ et alio vico RCoron 1 m. 9; tenendo remotiorem viam ecclesie ‥ usque ad ~ivium ‥ et ab inde capiendo viam a dextris MonA II 33b; hic quatrivius, a gateschedelle WW.  b 1294 idem appellavit ‥ A. P. de receptamento unius linthemainis furati ad ~uvium Oxon’ Gaol Del. 92 r. 2; 1310 carnifices ‥ apud ~ivium et alibi in locis publicis ‥ animalia sua interficiunt MunCOx 13; 1348 dedi ‥ unam shopam ‥ juxta ~ivium ejusdem ville Cart. Osney II 41; libros ejus combussit in ~ivio, presente cancellario abbate Salopie Gascoigne Loci 116. 2 set of four mathematically based subjects (usu. arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy) forming higher division of seven liberal arts (as dist. from the linguistically based subjects of the trivium); b (transf.). 1089 sicuti trivii et ~uvii jam prorsus neglecto disciplinae studio (Lit. Antipapae) EHR XVI 331; volo vos ‥ legere ‥ quatruvium H. Los. Ep. 20; ecce nova fiebant omnia, innovabatur grammatica, immutabatur dialectica, contemnebatur rhetorica, et novas totius ~ivii vias evacuatis priorum regulis de ipsis philosophie adytis proferebant J. Sal. Met. 829D; ad quasdam que magis ~ivium redolent questiones ‥ se transferentes ‥ ut in ~ivio ‥ cujus studium ‥ apud Occiduos ‥ minus vigere solet, scioli viderentur Gir. GE II 37; prima ‥ speculationis pars, sub se ~ivium, id est arithmeticam, musicam, geometriam et astronomiam continens Alb. Lond. DG 11. 13; domum ‥ sibi ‥ divina edificaverat sapientia per quam non solum trimi [l. trivii] sed et †quadrimii [l. quadruvii] mira pro tempore fuerat subtilitas revelata V. Edm. Rich P 1790A; s1235 eleganter tam in trivio quam in ~ivio eruditus M. Par. Min. II 376; ~ivium ‥ sic ebiberat [sc. Gerbertus] ut reliquos omnes vinceret Meaux I 268 (cf. W. Malm. GR II 167: de licitis artibus, arithmetica, musica et astronomia et geometria, nichil attinet dicere, quas ita ebibit ut inferiores ingenio suo ostenderet).  b 803 maneamus jugiter in caritate perfecta, cujus una pars ad Deum tendit in fide et vitae honestate, altera vero proximos amplectitur in patientia et benignitate. hoc ‥ ~uvium vestra ‥ intentio pacifice pergat ‥ . in his morare preceptis, aliosque erudire studeas Alcuin Ep. 264; trivium ‥ theologicarum virtutum et ~ivium cardinalium trabearum Higd. I prol. (cf. Eul. Hist. I 1: theologicarum virtutum norma, et ~ivium cardinalium trabearum).

quădrĭvĭum, (15) ĭī, n. (quattuor, via), quadrivium, ¶ 1 lieu où quatre chemins aboutissent, carrefour : Catul. 58, 4 ; Juv. 1, 63 ¶ 2 [fig.] réunion des quatre parties de la science mathématique (arithm., mus., géom., astron.) : Boet. Arithm. 1, 1.

quadrivium , ii. n.
四岔路。

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quadrivium ī, n

• quattuor + via, a place where four ways meet, cross-way, cross-road, Iu., Ct.

Quadrivium

(τετραόδιον). (1) A place where four streets met (Juv.i. 64).

(2) See liberales artes.