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Lysistrata

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Ancient Greek Λυσιστράτη

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Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΛυσιστράτη“army disbander”
English todayLysistrata

From Ancient Greek Λυσιστράτη (Lusistrátē, “army disbander”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.