maestitia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From maestus (“sad, sorrowful”) + -itia.
Noun
maestitia f (genitive maestitiae); first declension
- sadness, sorrow, grief, dejection, melancholy
- Synonyms: maeror, lūctus, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, 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 |
Related terms
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.