chartaceus

Latin

Etymology

From charta (“papyrus, paper”) +‎ -āceus (“-acious: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰarˈtaː.ke.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [karˈtaː.t͡ʃe.us]

Adjective

chartāceus (feminine chartācea, neuter chartāceum); 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	chartāceus	chartācea	chartāceum		chartāceī	chartāceae	chartācea
genitive	chartāceī	chartāceae	chartāceī		chartāceōrum	chartāceārum	chartāceōrum
dative	chartāceō	chartāceae	chartāceō		chartāceīs
accusative	chartāceum	chartāceam	chartāceum		chartāceōs	chartāceās	chartācea
ablative	chartāceō	chartāceā	chartāceō		chartāceīs
vocative	chartācee	chartācea	chartāceum		chartāceī	chartāceae	chartācea

Synonyms

• chartārius

Descendants

• → Italian: cartaceo
• → Spanish: cartáceo

References

• “chartaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “chartaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.