continentia

Latin

Etymology

From continens +‎ -ia.

Participle

continentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of continēns

Noun

continentia f (genitive continentiae); first declension

  1. restraint, self-control
  2. abstinence, continence

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative continentia continentiae
Genitive continentiae continentiārum
Dative continentiae continentiīs
Accusative continentiam continentiās
Ablative continentiā continentiīs
Vocative continentia continentiae

Descendants

References
  • “continentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “continentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • continentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • continentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • continentia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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