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index rerum

index rerum noun: a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.

Noun

index rerum (plural index rerums)

  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)

Forms of index rerum

pluralindex rerums

Origin of index rerum

Latin: index + rerum.

Questions about index rerum

What does index rerum mean?
Index rerum means a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
What part of speech is index rerum?
Index rerum is a noun.
What is the plural of index rerum?
The plural of index rerum is index rerums.

Words near index rerum in the dictionary

  1. index of suspicion
  2. index patient
  3. index patients
  4. index register
  5. index registers
  6. index rerum
  7. index rerums
  8. index term
  9. index terms
  10. index verborum
  11. index's

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