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“inventory” in Latin

The English word inventory itself goes back to Latin inveniō, through inventorium.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

inventory
repertorium: inventarium (the latter a common expression; repertorium... quod vulgo inventarium appellatur, Ulp., Dig., 26, 7, 7, in.): res acceptae et tradendae (the articles as set down in an inventory; after Cic., Verr., 4, 63, 140). An inventory of the furniture of a tavern, instrumentum cauponium (Marcellinus, Dig., 33, 7, 17, § 2). To take an inventory, repertorium or inventarium facere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for inventory?
The usual Latin words for “inventory” are repertōrium, inventārium. 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.