incontinentia

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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

  1. incontinence

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative incontinentia incontinentiae
genitive incontinentiae incontinentiārum
dative incontinentiae incontinentiīs
accusative incontinentiam incontinentiās
ablative incontinentiā incontinentiīs
vocative incontinentia incontinentiae

Descendants

Adjective

incontinentia

  1. 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.