trĭvĭum — Lewis & Short
trĭvĭum, i, n.ter-via.
I Lit., a place where three roads meet, a fork in the roads, cross-road:
ut ventum est in trivium,Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—
II Transf., in gen., a public square, the public street, highway; plur.:
in triviis aut in compitis,Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:
nocturnisque Hecate triviis ululata per urbes,Verg. A. 4, 609; Lucr. 4, 1203:
occurram in triviis,Hor. S. 1, 9, 59; id. Ep. 1, 16, 64; 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 245.— Sing.:
pueros in trivio docere,Just. 21, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 12 (22).—Prov.:
arripere maledictum ex trivio,i. e. out of the street, from the mob, Cic. Mur. 6, 13.