ea quae SUBIECTAE sunt sensibus?

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ea quae SUBIECTAE sunt sensibus?

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Salvete!

I stumbled upon the following dictionary entry:
Walter Ripman wrote:ea quae subiectae sunt sênsibus, what can be perceived by the senses
I have a funny feeling about this. Shouldn't it rather read either
  • ea quae subiecta sunt sênsibus: with ea being neutral plural, or
  • eae quae subiectae sunt sênsibus: with eae being feminine plural and rês being understood?
Or am I completely wrong and Mr. Ripman's entry is correct? If it's not and it is a print error, which one is better (I prefer the first one).

Valete,

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Re: ea quae SUBIECTAE sunt sensibus?

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You're right. Possibly a typo in your source. Either works: "ea quae subjecta sunt" / "eae res quae subjectae sunt".
Rectè dicis, Carole. Forsit erratum typographicum in fonte tuo. Utrum est bonum: "ea quae subjecta sunt" / "eae res quae subjectae sunt".
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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Salve Adriane!

Thank you for your opinion. It was the final piece of information needed for my project "Classified Vocabulary".

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I have no idea what Ripman's book is like and if he seeks to cite classical sources in his definitions (?) - if that is the case, he might have had in mind res, following Cicero:

res eas quae subiectae sensibus viderentur,
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/cicero/acad.shtml

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