LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

incontinentia

incontinentia f (genitive incontinentiae)

Meaning

  1. feminineincontinence

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeincontinentiaincontinentiae
genitiveincontinentiaeincontinentiārum
dativeincontinentiaeincontinentiīs
accusativeincontinentiamincontinentiās
ablativeincontinentiāincontinentiīs
vocativeincontinentiaincontinentiae

incontĭnentĭa, ae, f. incontinens.
I. Lit., inability of containing or retaining (post-Aug.): urinae, Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 161.—
II. Trop., inability of restraining one's desires, greediness, incontinence (class.): multa de incontinentia intemperantiaque disseruit, Cic. Cael. 11, 25.

Origins

From incontinēns (“incontinent”, literally “not containing”) + -ia, from in- (“not”) + continēns (“containing”).

Descendants
  • Catalanincontinència
  • Englishincontinence
  • Frenchincontinence
  • Italianincontinenza
  • Portugueseincontinência
  • Romanianincontinență
  • Spanishincontinencia
  • Old Irishnebchongabthetu

In English words that came into English from incontinentia

  • incontinenceincontinentia
  • incontinencyincontinentia

Quick answers

What does incontinentia mean in Latin?
incontinentia, a noun, means “incontinence”.
What is the genitive of incontinentia?
The genitive singular is incontinentiae. incontinentia is feminine, first declension.