Japo
Latin
Noun
Japō m (genitive Japōnis); third declension
- (New Latin) A Japanese person.
- 1695, Thomas le Blanc, Psalmorum Davidicorum Analysis […], volume 5, column 16:
- Sic inter se communicant Sinæ Japones, Cochinchimi & aliqui alii populi libros suos intelligentes, licet cum eos legunt, nec Sina Japonem, nec Japo Sinam intelligat, quia diversum prorsus idioma legendo profert unus ab alio.
- The Chinese, Japanese, Cochinchinese and certain other peoples communicate with each other in this way, understanding their books, albeit when they read them [out], the Chinese will not understand the Japanese, nor the Japanese the Chinese, because, in reading, the one utters a totally different idiom from the other.
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Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Japō | Japōnēs |
| Genitive | Japōnis | Japōnum |
| Dative | Japōnī | Japōnibus |
| Accusative | Japōnem | Japōnēs |
| Ablative | Japōne | Japōnibus |
| Vocative | Japō | Japōnēs |
Related terms
- Iapō̆nia
- iapō̆nicus