▁block ▁for ▁all ▁under grad u ates . ▁▁ ▁The ▁ancient ▁Rom ans ▁used ▁the ▁word ▁t riv iae ▁to ▁describe ▁where ▁one ▁road ▁split ▁or ▁for ked ▁into ▁two ▁roads . ▁T riv iae ▁was ▁formed ▁from ▁tri ▁( three ) ▁and ▁via e ▁( ro ads ) ▁– ▁literally ▁meaning ▁" three ▁roads ", ▁and ▁in ▁transferred ▁use ▁" a ▁public ▁place " ▁and ▁hence ▁the ▁meaning ▁" common place ." ▁ ▁The ▁per tain ing ▁ad jective ▁is ▁t riv i ā lis . ▁The ▁ad jective ▁trivial ▁was ▁adopted ▁in ▁Early ▁Modern ▁English , ▁while ▁the ▁n oun ▁t riv ium ▁only ▁appears ▁in ▁learned ▁usage ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁Ar tes ▁Liber ales ▁and ▁the ▁pl ural ▁t riv ia ▁in ▁the ▁sense ▁of ▁" t rivial ities , ▁trif les " ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁The ▁Latin ▁ad jective ▁t riv i ā lis ▁in ▁Class ical ▁Latin ▁besides ▁its ▁literal ▁meaning ▁could ▁have ▁the ▁meaning ▁" app ropri ate ▁to ▁the ▁street ▁corner , ▁common place , ▁vul gar ." ▁In ▁late ▁Latin , ▁it ▁could ▁also ▁simply ▁mean ▁" tri ple ." ▁In ▁medieval ▁Latin , ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁lower ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Ar tes ▁Liber ales , ▁namely ▁grammar , ▁r het or ic , ▁and ▁logic . ▁( The ▁other ▁four ▁Liberal ▁Arts ▁were ▁the ▁quad riv ium , ▁namely ▁arithmetic , ▁geometry , ▁music ,