Arria, a Roman woman who immortalized herself by suicide, A. D. 42. Her husband, CAecina PAetus, was condemned, as a traitor to the emperor Claudius, to put an end to his own life. As CAecina hesitated to do it, his wife took up the dagger and stuck it to the hilt in her own bosom. Handing it back to her husband she said, Pate, non dolet ("PAetus, it does not hurt"), and expired. PAetus at once followed her example.