The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient [[Roman]] "lustrum", which [[literally]] meant "five years". This was the cycle time for the [[ritual]] expiation of "[[sins]]" called the lustration as [[practiced]] in [[ancient]] [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] cultures. [[Sexual intercourse]] was one of a list of sins requiring lustration. | The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient [[Roman]] "lustrum", which [[literally]] meant "five years". This was the cycle time for the [[ritual]] expiation of "[[sins]]" called the lustration as [[practiced]] in [[ancient]] [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] cultures. [[Sexual intercourse]] was one of a list of sins requiring lustration. |