(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
Origin: < Latin, feminine of trivius (adj.), derivative of trivium place where three roads meet, equivalent to tri-tri- + -vium, derivative of via way, road
"trivialities, things of little consequence," 1902, popularized as title of a book by L.P. Smith, from L. trivia, pl. of trivium "place where three roads meet" (see trivial).