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===Etymology===

From {{bor|en|grc|Λυσιστράτη||army disbander}}.

===Proper noun===

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====Derived terms====

* {{l|en|Lysistratan}}

====Translations====

{{trans-top|Ancient Greek comedy}}

* Czech: {{t|cs|Lysistrata|f}}

{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===

{{en-noun}}

# A [[woman]] who withholds [[sex]] in order to [[get one's way|get her way]].

#* Stan Steiner, quoted in: '''1993''', Jane Caputi, ''Gossips, Gorgons and Crones: The Fates of the Earth'' (page 225)

#*: '''Lysistratas''' among the Indian [Iroquois] women proclaimed a boycott on lovemaking and childbearing.

#* {{quote-text|en|year=2020|author=Helen Morales|title=Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths

|passage=Despite all this, the Western media framed these women as modern-day '''Lysistratas'''.}}

===Further reading===

* {{R:OneLook}}

* {{pedialitepedia}}

{{cln|en|eponyms}}

==Czech==

===Etymology===

{{bor+|cs|grc|Λυσιστράτη||army disbander}}.

===Pronunciation===

* {{cs-IPA}}

===Proper noun===

{{cs-proper noun|f}}

# {{l|en|Lysistrata}} {{gloss|Ancient Greek comedy}}

====Declension====

{{cs-ndecl|f.sg}}

===Further reading===

* {{R:cs:IJP}}