trivius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

trĭvĭus, a, um (gen. fem. Triviaï, Lucr. 1, 84), adj. [trivium],

I 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.

II —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.

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