LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

chartārius1

chartārius (feminine chartāria, neuter chartārium)
Classical[kʰarˈta.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[karˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

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

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativechartāriuschartāriachartārium
genitivechartāriīchartāriaechartāriī
dativechartāriōchartāriaechartāriō
accusativechartāriumchartāriamchartārium
ablativechartāriōchartāriāchartāriō
vocativechartāriechartāriachartārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativechartāriīchartāriaechartāria
genitivechartāriōrumchartāriārumchartāriōrum
dativechartāriīschartāriīschartāriīs
accusativechartāriōschartāriāschartāria
ablativechartāriīschartāriīschartāriīs
vocativechartāriīchartāriaechartāria

chartārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or pertaining to paper, paper-: officinae, Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 89: calamus, App. Flor. 9.—
II. Subst.: chartārĭus, ii, m., a papermerchant, Diom. p. 313 P.; Inscr. Orell. 4159.—
III. chartārĭum, i, n., archives, Hier. adv. Ruf. 3, 6.

Origins

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

Italo-Romance
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Borrowings
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noun · masculinesecond declension
chartārius2
chartārius m (genitive chartāriī or chartārī)
Classical[kʰarˈta.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[karˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. stationer, a person who sells papyrus or paper
  2. papermaker, a person who makes papyrus or paper
  3. Medieval Latinarchivist, a person who oversees or maintains paper records

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativechartāriuschartāriī
genitivechartāriī
chartārī
chartāriōrum
dativechartāriōchartāriīs
accusativechartāriumchartāriōs
ablativechartāriōchartāriīs
vocativechartāriechartāriī

Origins

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

Italo-Romance
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Borrowings
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Quick answers

What does chartārius mean in Latin?
chartārius, a adjective, means “Of, similar to, or related to papyrus.; Of, similar to, or related to paper.”.
How do you pronounce chartārius?
In classical Latin, [kʰarˈta.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [karˈtaː.ri.us].