Sinensis

See also: sinensis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

See Sinae.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /siˈnen.sis/, [sɪˈnẽː.sɪs]

Adjective

Sinēnsis (neuter Sinēnse); third declension

  1. Chinese

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

  1. (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.

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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