index rerum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
  2. An index of subjects; used when a work contains multiple indices, such as one for personal names (index nominum), passages cited (index locorum), or words (index verborum)

Word forms

index rerum index rerums

Etymology

Latin: index + rerum.

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