Sinensis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. Chinese

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
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.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. masc./fem.
nominative Sinēnsis Sinēnsēs
genitive Sinēnsis Sinēnsium
dative Sinēnsī Sinēnsibus
accusative Sinēnsem Sinēnsēs
Sinēnsīs
ablative Sinēnsī Sinēnsibus
vocative Sinēnsis Sinēnsēs