Sinensis

See also: sinensis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chinēnsis, chinēnsis
• sinēnsis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Sīnēnsis (neuter Sīnēnse); 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

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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