incontinentia

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	incontinentia	incontinentiae
Genitive	incontinentiae	incontinentiārum
Dative	incontinentiae	incontinentiīs
Accusative	incontinentiam	incontinentiās
Ablative	incontinentiā	incontinentiīs
Vocative	incontinentia	incontinentiae

Related terms

• incontinēns

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: incontinència
• English: incontinence
• French: incontinence
• Italian: incontinenza
• Portuguese: incontinência
• Romanian: incontinență
• Spanish: incontinencia
• → Old Irish: nebchongabthetu (calque)

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.