χάρτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
= {χαρτηρία}, papyrus, or a roll made thereof, χ. δύο [[ “IG” 12.374.279; τὰ γραμματεῖα τούς τε χ. ἐκφέρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 194, cf. LXX.Isa.8.1 codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor, “PCair.Zen.” 687.4 (3rd c.BC), “Inscription Délos” 442 A 182 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 112.61 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.86, 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 4, etc., “Anthologia Graeca” 9.174 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus), 401 ([prev. author])] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ χάρτην εὐεργὸν εἰς ἀπολραφήν (of the soul at birth) [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.28; χάρται βυβλίων 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. βασιλικοί, of the finest papyrus, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 26.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; χ. κεκαυμένος used in Medicine, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.382, 13.315; also χάρτου σποδιά 4th-3rd c.BC: Lycus Historicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.25.15; τὸ διὰ χάρτου μέλαν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, any leaf or thin plate, χ. μολύβδινοι sheets of lead, [[ 2nd or1st c.BC: Lysimachus Historicus cited in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.34. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]