Tabularum

Tabularum is a Latin term that functions as the genitive plural form of tabula, meaning “of the table” or “of the tablet.” In Latin, tabula originally referred to a board or plank and by extension to a sheet of writing material or a table of data. The genitive plural tabularum is used to indicate possession or association with multiple tablets or tables, and it appears in sources describing collections, registers, or datasets.

Because tabula covers a range of senses—from physical boards to written records—the form tabularum can occur in classical and later Latin texts when discussing sets of tables, lists, or data kept on tablets or sheets. As a grammatical form, tabularum is not a standalone concept; rather, it reflects standard Latin inflection used to express “of the tables” in contexts involving multiple items.

In manuscript studies and philology, tabularum helps readers identify phrases that refer to the tables or data sets themselves, distinguishing them from the nominative plural tabulae (the tables) or related terms. Modern usage is primarily scholarly, appearing in discussions of Latin grammar, textual editing, or historical descriptions of data organization in antiquity and the medieval period.

See also tabula (table or tablet), tabulae (tables), and tabulator (one who tabulates or a device for tabulation).