طمع

مَطْمَعَةٌ ذ [ A cause of coveting, or desiring vehemently &c.;] a thing on account of which one covets, &c. (O, K.) En-Nábighah EdhDhubyánee says, وَاليَأْسُ مِمَّا فَاتَ يُعْقِبُ رَاحَةً وَلَرُبَّ مَطْمَعَةٍ تَعُودُ ذُبَاحَا [ And despair of what has become beyond reach occasions, as its result, rest: and assuredly many a cause of coveting is, in its result, ( like ) a disease in the fauces, or a poisonous plant ]. (O.)