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σοῦβλα

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σοῦβλα: ἡ, Λατ. subula, Ἐκκλ.· ― σουβλίζω, διατρυπῶ, περῶ εἰς σοῦβλαν, Σουΐδ. ἐν λέξ. πείρω.