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adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

Sī̆nēnsis1

Sī̆nēnsis (neuter Sī̆nēnse)
Classical[siːˈnẽː.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[siˈnɛn.sis]

Meaning

  1. 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 eueherent1579, 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

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeSī̆nēnsisSī̆nēnsisSī̆nēnse
genitiveSī̆nēnsisSī̆nēnsisSī̆nēnsis
dativeSī̆nēnsīSī̆nēnsīSī̆nēnsī
accusativeSī̆nēnsemSī̆nēnsemSī̆nēnse
ablativeSī̆nēnsīSī̆nēnsīSī̆nēnsī
vocativeSī̆nēnsisSī̆nēnsisSī̆nēnse
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeSī̆nēnsēsSī̆nēnsēsSī̆nēnsia
genitiveSī̆nēnsiumSī̆nēnsiumSī̆nēnsium
dativeSī̆nēnsibusSī̆nēnsibusSī̆nēnsibus
accusativeSī̆nēnsīs
Sī̆nēnsēs
Sī̆nēnsīs
Sī̆nēnsēs
Sī̆nēnsia
ablativeSī̆nēnsibusSī̆nēnsibusSī̆nēnsibus
vocativeSī̆nēnsēsSī̆nēnsēsSī̆nēnsia

Origins

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

noun · masculinethird declension
Sī̆nēnsis2
Sī̆nēnsis m or f (genitive Sī̆nēnsis)
Classical[siːˈnẽː.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[siˈnɛn.sis]

Meaning

  1. plural normallya Chinese person
    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.1741, Jacob Friedrich Reimmann, Historia Literaria Babyloniorum et Sinensium, page 7:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeSī̆nēnsis—
genitiveSī̆nēnsis—
dativeSī̆nēnsī
Chī̆nēnsī
—
accusativeSī̆nēnsem
Chī̆nēnsem
—
ablativeSī̆nēnsī
Chī̆nēnsī, sinēnse
—
vocativeSī̆nēnsis—

Origins

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

Quick answers

What does Sī̆nēnsis mean in Latin?
Sī̆nēnsis, a adjective, means “Chinese”.
How do you pronounce Sī̆nēnsis?
In classical Latin, [siːˈnẽː.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [siˈnɛn.sis].