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Latin
Etymology
in- + continēns (“containing”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
incontinēns (genitive incontinentis, adverb incontinenter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- not containing, not retaining
- immoderate, intemperate
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “incontinens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incontinens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers