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Latin
Etymology
From incontinēns (“incontinent”, literally “not containing”) + -ia, from in- (“not”) + continēns (“containing”).
Noun
incontinentia f (genitive incontinentiae); first declension
- incontinence
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Adjective
incontinentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of incontinēns
References
- “incontinentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incontinentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incontinentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.