incontinentia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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