incontĭnentĭa

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.