adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
Sī̆nēnsis1
Sī̆nēnsis (neuter Sī̆nēnse)
Classical[siːˈnẽː.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[siˈnɛn.sis]
Meaning
- two terminationChinese
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
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sī̆nēnsis | Sī̆nēnsis | Sī̆nēnse |
| genitive | Sī̆nēnsis | Sī̆nēnsis | Sī̆nēnsis |
| dative | Sī̆nēnsī | Sī̆nēnsī | Sī̆nēnsī |
| accusative | Sī̆nēnsem | Sī̆nēnsem | Sī̆nēnse |
| ablative | Sī̆nēnsī | Sī̆nēnsī | Sī̆nēnsī |
| vocative | Sī̆nēnsis | Sī̆nēnsis | Sī̆nēnse |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sī̆nēnsēs | Sī̆nēnsēs | Sī̆nēnsia |
| genitive | Sī̆nēnsium | Sī̆nēnsium | Sī̆nēnsium |
| dative | Sī̆nēnsibus | Sī̆nēnsibus | Sī̆nēnsibus |
| accusative | Sī̆nēnsīs Sī̆nēnsēs | Sī̆nēnsīs Sī̆nēnsēs | Sī̆nēnsia |
| ablative | Sī̆nēnsibus | Sī̆nēnsibus | Sī̆nēnsibus |
| vocative | Sī̆nēnsēs | Sī̆nēnsēs | Sī̆nēnsia |
Origins
From Sīnae (“China, the Chinese people”) + -ēnsis.