chartarius

Latin

Etymology

From charta (“papyrus, paper”) +‎ -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and nouns”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”). Cf. chartularius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰarˈta.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [karˈtaː.ri.us]

Noun

chartārius m (genitive chartāriī or chartārī); second declension

1. stationer, a person who sells papyrus or paper
2. papermaker, a person who makes papyrus or paper
3. (Medieval Latin) archivist, a person who oversees or maintains paper records

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chartārius	chartāriī
genitive	chartāriī chartārī1	chartāriōrum
dative	chartāriō	chartāriīs
accusative	chartārium	chartāriōs
ablative	chartāriō	chartāriīs
vocative	chartārie	chartāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cartaio
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: cartario

Adjective

chartārius (feminine chartāria, neuter chartārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of, similar to, or related to papyrus.
2. Of, similar to, or related to paper.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	chartārius	chartāria	chartārium		chartāriī	chartāriae	chartāria
genitive	chartāriī	chartāriae	chartāriī		chartāriōrum	chartāriārum	chartāriōrum
dative	chartāriō	chartāriae	chartāriō		chartāriīs
accusative	chartārium	chartāriam	chartārium		chartāriōs	chartāriās	chartāria
ablative	chartāriō	chartāriā	chartāriō		chartāriīs
vocative	chartārie	chartāria	chartārium		chartāriī	chartāriae	chartāria

Synonyms

• chartaceus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cartaio
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: cartario

References

• Thomas Goodwin (1874), Latin–English Dictionary..., London: Lockwood & Co.
• Michel-Auguste Peigné (1848), Dictionnaire Classique Latin–Français..., Paris: Isidore Pesron.
• Michel Prodel (2023), Lexique de Latin Médiéval, Vol. I.