Lystra

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Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Lystra: ae, f., or ōrum, n.,
I a city in Lycaonia, north-west of Iconium, Vulg. Act. 14, 8; 14, 21.—Hence, Lystrēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Lystra, Lystrenes, Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 147.