Sinensis
See also: sinensis
Latin
Etymology
See Sinae.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siˈnen.sis/, [sɪˈnẽː.sɪs]
Adjective
Sinēnsis (neuter Sinēnse); third declension
- 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
- 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
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Sinēnsis | Sinēnse | Sinēnsēs | Sinēnsia | |
| Genitive | Sinēnsis | Sinēnsis | Sinēnsium | Sinēnsium | |
| Dative | Sinēnsī | Sinēnsī | Sinēnsibus | Sinēnsibus | |
| Accusative | Sinēnsem | Sinēnse | Sinēnsēs, Sinēnsīs | Sinēnsia | |
| Ablative | Sinēnsī | Sinēnsī | Sinēnsibus | Sinēnsibus | |
| Vocative | Sinēnsis | Sinēnse | Sinēnsēs | Sinēnsia | |
Noun
Sinēnsis m (genitive Sinēnsis); third declension
- (usually in the plural) A Chinese person.
- 1741, Jacob Friedrich Reimmann, Historia Literaria Babyloniorum et Sinensium, p. 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.
- 1741, Jacob Friedrich Reimmann, Historia Literaria Babyloniorum et Sinensium, p. 7
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Sinēnsis | Sinēnsēs |
| Genitive | Sinēnsis | Sinēnsium |
| Dative | Sinēnsī | Sinēnsibus |
| Accusative | Sinēnsem | Sinēnsēs |
| Ablative | Sinēnse | Sinēnsibus |
| Vocative | Sinēnsis | Sinēnsēs |
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