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LNS

incontinentia, incontinentiae

incontinens

noun (f., 1^st declension)

inability of containing or retaining
inability of restraining one's desires, greediness, incontinence

Abbreviations

incontinentia, ae, f. incontinens. Lit., inability of containing or retaining (post-Aug.): urinae, Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 161.

— Trop., inability of restraining one's desires, greediness, incontinence (class.): multa de incontinentia intemperantiaque disseruit, Cic. Cael. 11, 25.