Trivium
The Trivium ( " the three ways" ) consisted of the three linguistic subjects of the seven liberal arts, which formed together with the mathematical subjects of the quadrivium for precursors in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages the undergraduate level to the high medieval universities. It consisted of the - throughout Latin taught - subjects:
An impression of the specific content of these subjects may be obtained from the ( completed around 630 AD) Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville, for example.
From Trivium is the word " trivial " derived, originally not present significance of " inconsequential " or " commonplace " but " ( for appropriately educated ) fundamentally ", thus " naturally " had. In classical Latin trivialis even "ordinary " meaning " in ordinary life ", derived from trivium, which refers not only to a fork in the road, but also metaphorically the public road.