incontinens

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Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ continēns (“containing”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkon.ti.nens/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈkon.ti.nens/,

Adjective

incontinēns (genitive incontinentis, adverb incontinenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

not containing, not retaining
immoderate, intemperate

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	incontinēns			incontinentēs	incontinentia
Genitive	incontinentis			incontinentium
Dative	incontinentī			incontinentibus
Accusative	incontinentem	incontinēns		incontinentēs	incontinentia
Ablative	incontinentī			incontinentibus
Vocative	incontinēns			incontinentēs	incontinentia

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

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