χάρτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χᾰ́ρτης • (khártēs) m (genitive χᾰ́ρτου); first declension

  1. sheet of paper
  2. book

Inflection
First declension of ὁ χᾰ́ρτης; τοῦ χᾰ́ρτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χᾰ́ρτης
ho khártēs		 τὼ χᾰ́ρτᾱ
tṑ khártā		 οἱ χᾰ́ρται
hoi khártai
Genitive τοῦ χᾰ́ρτου
toû khártou		 τοῖν χᾰ́ρταιν
toîn khártain		 τῶν χᾰρτῶν
tôn khartôn
Dative τῷ χᾰ́ρτῃ
tôi khártēi		 τοῖν χᾰ́ρταιν
toîn khártain		 τοῖς χᾰ́ρταις
toîs khártais
Accusative τὸν χᾰ́ρτην
tòn khártēn		 τὼ χᾰ́ρτᾱ
tṑ khártā		 τοὺς χᾰ́ρτᾱς
toùs khártās
Vocative χᾰ́ρτᾰ
khárta		 χᾰ́ρτᾱ
khártā		 χᾰ́ρται
khártai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • χαρτίον (khartíon)

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάρτης (“a papyrus scroll”).[1] Of uncertain origin. Unlikely from either Aegyptian or Iberian (via Arabic) roots.[2] Cognate, Latin charta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxartis/
  • Hyphenation: χάρ‧της

Noun

χάρτης • (chártis) m (plural χάρτες)

  1. (navigation) map, chart
  2. charter, project charter, constitution
    καταστατικός χάρτης ― katastatikós chártis ― charter
  3. (dated) synonym of χαρτί n (chartí, “paper”) in the set phrase
    εμπόριο χάρτου (empório chártou, “trading of paper”)

Declension
declension of χάρτης
singular plural
nominative χάρτης • χάρτες •
genitive χάρτη • χαρτών •
accusative χάρτη • χάρτες •
vocative χάρτη • χάρτες •
Formal dated genitive singular: χάρτου

Derived terms
  • άσκηση επί χάρτου (áskisi epí chártou)
  • ο Χάρτης του ΟΗΕ (o Chártis tou OIE, “Charter of the United Nations”)
  • χαρτο-, χαρτό-, χαρτ-
  • χάρτα f (chárta, “chart”) (dated, formal)
  • χαρτί n (chartí, “paper”) and derivatives

Related to maps:

  • αχαρτογράφητος (achartográfitos, “uncharted”)
  • χαρτογράφηση f (chartográfisi, “mapping, making a map”)
  • χαρτογραφία f (chartografía, “cartography”)
  • χαρτογραφικός (chartografikós, adjective)
  • χαρτογράφος m or f (chartográfos, “cartographer”)
  • χαρτογραφώ (chartografó, “to map”)

Descendants

References
  1. χάρτης in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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