Sinensis

See also: sinensis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sīnae (China, the Chinese people) + -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Sīnēnsis (neuter Sīnēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Chinese
    • 1579, Garcia de Orta (Portuguese), Charles de l'Écluse (Latin translation), Aromatum, et Simplicium Aliquot Medicamentorum apud Indos Nascentium Historia (3rd ed.), p. 58-59
      CETERVM quòd Canellæ diuerſa Cinnamomi & Caßiæ nomina indita fuerint, occaſionem præbuiſſe puto mercatores Chinenſes (nam Annales vrbis Ormuz prodũt olim quadringentas naues è China vno eodémque tempore eò appuliſſe) qui cum è ſua regione aurum, ſericum, vaſa murrhina (porcellanas vocant) moſchum, cuprum, margaritas, aliasq[ue] huiuſmodi merces eueherent
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative Sīnēnsis Sīnēnse Sīnēnsēs Sīnēnsia
Genitive Sīnēnsis Sīnēnsium
Dative Sīnēnsī Sīnēnsibus
Accusative Sīnēnsem Sīnēnse Sīnēnsēs
Sīnēnsīs
Sīnēnsia
Ablative Sīnēnsī Sīnēnsibus
Vocative Sīnēnsis Sīnēnse Sīnēnsēs Sīnēnsia

Noun

Sinēnsis m or f (genitive Sinēnsis); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) A Chinese person.
    • 1741, Jacob Friedrich Reimmann, Historia Literaria Babyloniorum et Sinensium, page 7:
      Nihil eſſe in Philoſophia Græcanica & Barbarica, qvod cum philoſophia Sinenſium antiqva componi poſſit, ſive vetuſtatem ſpectemus ſive dignitatem.
      That nothing in Greek or foreign philosophy can be compared to the ancient philosophy of the Chinese, be it age or dignity we consider.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Masc./Fem.
Nominative Sinēnsis Sinēnsēs
Genitive Sinēnsium
Dative Sinēnsī Sinēnsibus
Accusative Sinēnsem Sinēnsēs
Sinēnsīs
Ablative Sinēnsī Sinēnsibus
Vocative Sinēnsis Sinēnsēs
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