chartula

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin chartula (little paper). Doublet of charter.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːrtʃələ/

Noun

chartula (plural chartulae)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A small piece of paper for the storage of one dose of a medicinal powder.

Latin

Etymology

    charta +‎ -ula

    Noun

    chartula f (genitive chartulae); first declension

    1. (diminutive of charta) a little paper; memorandum

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative chartula chartulae
    genitive chartulae chartulārum
    dative chartulae chartulīs
    accusative chartulam chartulās
    ablative chartulā chartulīs
    vocative chartula chartulae

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old French: chartre, carte, charte, chautre
      • Middle French: chartre, charte
      • Walloon: cwåte
      • Middle English: chartre, charter
        • English: charter (see there for further descendants)
        • Scots: chairter

    References

    • chartula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • chartula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "chartula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • chartula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • chartula in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016