maestitia
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
maestĭtĭa: (moest-), ae, f. maestus,
I a being sad or sorrowful, sadness, sorrow, grief, dejection, melancholy (class.): ex maestitiā, ex hilaritate, ex risu, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146: totis theatris maestitiam inferre, id. Tusc. 1, 44, 106: esse in maestitiā, id. Phil. 2, 15, 37: maestitiae resistere, id. Or. 43, 148: sapientia est una, quae maestitiam pellat ex animis, id. Fin. 1, 13, 43: illa maestitia est, caruisse anno circensibus uno, Juv. 11, 53.—Of inanim. things, gloom, gloominess, severity: orationis, Cic. Or. 16, 53: frigorum, Col. 7, 3, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mæstĭtĭa,¹¹ æ, f. (mæstus), tristesse, abattement, affliction : Cic. Off. 1, 146 ; Phil. 2, 37 || [fig.] tristesse, rudesse : orationis Cic. Or. 53, tristesse du style ; frigorum Col. Rust. 7, 3, 11, du froid.
