مَطْمَعَةٌ

[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.)