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Οὔτοι ποθ' οὑχθρός, οὐδ' ὅταν θάνῃ, φίλος → One's enemy does not become one's friend when they die

Sophocles, Antigone, 522

Latin > English

quadrivium quadrivii N N :: quadrivium, second group of 7 liberal arts (arithmetic/geometry/astronmy/music)
quadrivium quadrivium quadrivii N N :: place where four roads meet; crossroads

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

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).