repertorium

Forms

repertōrium n (genitive repertōriī or repertōrī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin reperiō (“to find”) + -tōrium.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Ulpian (before 223 AD) is the only Classical source: a guardian who has not drawn up a repertorium of the ward's property, “what is commonly called an inventory”, is held to have acted in bad faith.^[3][2][4]

Semantic evolution

Lewis and Short mark it as post-classical.^[5] In Ecclesiastical Latin it is a list or index.^[6] Medieval jurists used it as the equivalent of inventarium,^[7] and in British medieval Latin it also named a digest of law, such as that of Guillaume Durand, and a calendar or register of charters.^[8] English repertory “index, catalogue” comes from it (1550s).^[9]

Timeline

• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it for an inventory of a ward's property.^[3][4]
• 1550s – English borrows it as repertory.^[9]

Meanings

Noun

1. An inventory, catalogue.^[2][5][3]
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) A list, an index.^[6]
3. (Medieval Latin, law) A compendium or digest of law.^[8]
4. (Medieval Latin) A register or calendar of charters.^[8]

Related words

• English repertory

Usage notes

Ulpian explains it by the common word inventārium.^[3]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
7. ^ du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
8. ^ a b c Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
9. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com