maestitia
From LSJ
ἡδονήν, μέγιστον κακοῦ δέλεαρ → pleasure, the greatest incitement to evildoing | pleasure, a most mighty lure to evil | pleasure, the great bait to evil
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.
