Sinensis

See also: sinensis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chinēnsis, chinēnsis
• sinēnsis

Etymology

See Sinae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siˈnen.sis/, [s̠ɪˈnẽːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈnen.sis/, [siˈnɛnsis]

Adjective

Sinēnsis (neuter Sinēnse); 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

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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

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, 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.

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