The corpus record — Latin

incontinentia

incontinentia · f

inability of containing

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De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

incontĭnentĭa — Lewis & Short

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.

Where it came from

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