viduitas
From LSJ
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vĭdŭĭtas: ātis, f. id.,
I bereavement, want, lack. *
I In gen.: omnium copiarum atque opum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 2.—
II In partic., widowhood, Cic. Caecin. 5, 13; Liv. 40, 4, 2; App. Mag. p. 291, 33.
