English → Latin
“catalogue” in Latin
indexA pointer, indicator.; The index finger, forefinger.; An index, list, catalogue, table, summary, digest.cataloguscatalogueliberbook; the inner bark of a tree
The English word catalogue itself goes back to Latin catalogus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
catalogue
index (catalogus, late): of a library, index bibliothecae or librorum (Sen., Tranq., 9, 4; Quint., 10, 1, 57): of an auction, tabula rerum venalium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for catalogue?
- The usual Latin words for “catalogue” are index, catalogus, liber. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.