maestitia

Latin

Alternative forms
  • moestitia, mestitia
  • maestities, moestities

Etymology

From maestus (“sad, sorrowful”) +‎ -itia.

Noun

maestitia f (genitive maestitiae); first declension

  1. sadness, sorrow, grief, dejection, melancholy
    Synonyms: maeror, lūctus, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, cūra, aegritūdō, dēsīderium
    Antonyms: dēlectātiō, lascīvia, gaudium, voluptās, laetitia, alacritās

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maestitia maestitiae
Genitive maestitiae maestitiārum
Dative maestitiae maestitiīs
Accusative maestitiam maestitiās
Ablative maestitiā maestitiīs
Vocative maestitia maestitiae

References
  • “maestitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “maestitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maestitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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