Latin

Participle

continentia

1. nominative neuter plural of continēns
2. accusative neuter plural of continēns
3. vocative neuter plural of continēns

Noun

continentia f ‎(genitive continentiae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “continentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• continentia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016