quadrivium
From LSJ
Μήποτε γάμει γυναῖκα κοὐκ ἀνοίξεις τάφον → Eris immortalis, si non ducis mulierem → Nimm nie dir eine Frau, erspare dir dein Grab
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quā̆drĭvĭum: ii, n. quattuor-via.
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
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.
