trivius
τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trĭvĭus: a, um (
I gen. fem. Triviaï, Lucr. 1, 84), adj. trivium, an epithet of those deities whose temples were often erected where three ways met: DI, Inscr. Grut. 84, 5; 1015, 1: virgo, i. e. Diana or Hecate, Lucr. 1, 84; also called: Trivia dea, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 10.—More freq. absol.: Trĭ-vĭa, ae, f., Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 318 Vahl.); Cat. 34, 15; 66, 5; Tib. 1, 5, 16; Verg. A. 6, 35; Ov. F. 1, 389; id. M. 2, 416 al.—Hence, Lăcus Trĭvĭae (the Lake of Diana), a lake in Latium, near Aricia, now Lago di Nemi, Verg. A. 7, 516; Stat. S. 3, 1, 56.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) trĭvĭus, a, um (trivium), de carrefour [épithète des divinités qui avaient des chapelles dans les carrefours] : trivia virgo Lucr. 1, 84, Diane, v. Trivia.
Latin > German (Georges)
trivius, a, um (trivium), auf Wegkreuzungen (Scheidewegen) verehrt (griech. τριοδιτις), Beiwort von Gottheiten, die an Dreiwegen Kapellen haben, Iuno trivia, Anthol. Lat. 865, 2 (1123, 2): dii, Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 5621 (dies. subst. bl. trivii, tribii, Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 5621 u. 6096): dea, Prop., od. vi go, Lucr., Diana od. Hekate: dies. gew. absol. Trivia, ac, f., Catull., Verg., Tac. u.a. – lacus Triviae, Dianensee, ein See in Latium bei Aricia, jetzt Lago di Nemi, Verg. Aen. 7, 516: Aricinum Triviae nemus, Hain der Diana bei Aricia (s. Arīcia), Stat. silv. 3, 1, 56.
Latin > English
trivius trivia, trivium ADJ :: of/belonging to crossroads temple, esp. sacred to Diana/Hecate
