continentia

Latin

Etymology

From continens +‎ -ia.

Participle

continentia

1. nominative neuter plural of continēns
2. accusative neuter plural of continēns
3. vocative neuter plural of continēns

Noun

continentia f (genitive continentiae); first declension

1. restraint, self-control
2. abstinence, continence

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	continentia	continentiae
Genitive	continentiae	continentiārum
Dative	continentiae	continentiīs
Accusative	continentiam	continentiās
Ablative	continentiā	continentiīs
Vocative	continentia	continentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: continència, contenença
• English: continence, countenance
• French: contenance
• Italian: continenza
• Portuguese: continência, contenças
• Spanish: continencia

References

• continentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• continentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• continentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• continentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• continentia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016