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Ar`ria
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A Roman matron, who, to encourage her husband in meeting death, to which he had been sentenced, thrust a poniard into her own breast, and then handed it to him, saying, "It is not painful," whereupon he followed her example.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ar`ria'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/arria.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.