Sinensis
See also: sinensis
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siˈnen.sis/, [s̠ɪˈnẽːs̠ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈnen.sis/, [siˈnɛnsis]
Adjective
Sīnēnsis (neuter Sīnēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective
- 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
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
- (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 quote)
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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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