▁and ▁astronom y , ▁which ▁were ▁more ▁challeng ing .) ▁Hence , ▁trivial ▁in ▁this ▁sense ▁would ▁have ▁meant ▁" of ▁interest ▁only ▁to ▁an ▁under grad uate ." ▁ ▁English ▁usage ▁The ▁ad jective ▁trivial ▁introduced ▁into ▁ ▁English ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁to ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁all ▁three ▁mean ings ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁ad jective : ▁▁ ▁A ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁English ▁translation ▁of ▁Ran ulf ▁H ig den ▁mentions ▁the ▁arte ▁trivial le , ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁t riv ium ▁of ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Arts . ▁ ▁The ▁same ▁work ▁also ▁calls ▁a ▁tri u ial le ▁dist in ccion ▁a ▁three fold ▁division . ▁This ▁is ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁application ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁by ▁Arn ob ius , ▁and ▁was ▁never ▁common ▁either ▁in ▁Latin ▁or ▁English . ▁ ▁The ▁meaning ▁" tr ite , ▁common place , ▁un important , ▁slight " ▁occurs ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁not ably ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Shakespeare . ▁ ▁T riv ia ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁title ▁by ▁Log an ▁P ears all ▁Smith ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁followed ▁by ▁More ▁T riv ia ▁and ▁All ▁T riv ia ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁respectively , ▁collections ▁of ▁short ▁" m oral ▁pieces " ▁or ▁a ph or isms . ▁Book ▁II ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁publication ▁is ▁head ed ▁with ▁a ▁quote ▁from