LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

charta

charta f (genitive chartae)
Classical[ˈkʰar.ta]Ecclesiastical[ˈkar.ta]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. femininepapyrus, paper
  2. femininea piece of papyrus or paper
  3. femininea piece of writing, especially a letter, poem, or charter
  4. femininethe papyrus plant
  5. Medieval Latinfemininemap, chart

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

in quā scrībimus; ex papȳrō fit.
charta -ae f — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativechartachartae
cartae
genitivechartae
cartae		chartārum
cartārum
dativechartae
cartae		chartīs
cartīs
accusativechartam
cartam		chartās
cartās
ablativechartāchartīs
cartīs
vocativechartachartae
cartae

charta, ae (chartus, i, m., Lucil. ap. Non. p. 196, 19). f., = ό χάρτης (cf. the letter A),
I. a leaf of the Egyptian papyrus, paper, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 68 sqq.; Lucr. 6, 112; 6, 114; Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113: dentata, smooth, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 1: emporitica inutilis scribendo involucris chartarum segestriumque mercibus usum praebet, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 76: epistulares, Mart. 14, 11 in lemm.; Dig. 33, 9, 3, § 10: novae, ib. 37, 11, 4: purae, ib. 32, 1, 52, § 4: transversa, Suet. Caes. 56: vacuae, Mart. 14, 10, 2.—
B. Meton.
1. The papyrus plant itse'f, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 68.—Far more freq.,
2. That which is written upon paper, a writing, letter, poem, etc., Lucr. 3, 10; 4, 971; Cic. Cael. 17, 70; id. Att. 2, 20, 3; Cat. 1, 6; 68, 46; Hor. C. 4, 9, 31; id. S. 1, 10, 4; id. Ep. 2, 1, 35; 2, 1, 161; 2, 1, 270; id. A. P. 310: Arpinae, i.e. Ciceronis, Mart. 10, 19. —
II. Transf., a thin leaf, plate, lamina, tablet (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under χάρτης, 3.): plumbea, Suet. Ner. 20.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper”), with a change to the feminine gender.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancarta
  • Occitancarta
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecartafrom Old Galician-Portuguese carta
  • Spanishcarta
  • Asturiancarta
  • Galiciancartafrom Old Galician-Portuguese carta
Elsewhere
  • GermanCharta
  • GermanKerzefrom Old High German kerza
  • Albaniankartë
  • Czechcharta
  • Kashubiankôrta
  • Livoniankōrtõz
  • Middle Englishcartefrom Old English carte
  • Old Frenchcarte
  • Cimbriankhéertzafrom Old High German kerza
  • LuxembourgishKäerzfrom Old High German kerza
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniancarte
  • Aromaniancarti
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancarta
  • Corsicancarta
  • Neapolitancarta
  • Siciliancarta
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianchèrta
  • Piedmontesecarta
  • Romagnolchêrta
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliancjarte
  • Romanshcharta
Berber
  • Ghadamestakǝrḍa
  • Northern Saharan Berbertkirḍa
  • Siwityǝrṭa
  • Tuaregtăkarḍe

Quick answers

What does charta mean in Latin?
charta, a noun, means “papyrus, paper; a piece of papyrus or paper; a piece of writing, especially a letter, poem, or charter”.
What is the genitive of charta?
The genitive singular is chartae. charta is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce charta?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʰar.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkar.ta].