sar|coph|a|gus

sar|coph|a|gus
sar|coph|a|gus «sahr KOF uh guhs», noun, plural -gi «-gy», -gus|es.
1. a stone coffin, especially one ornamented with sculptures or bearing inscriptions: »

The early doges had themselves buried, in St. Mark's porch, in sarcophagi that did not belong to them, displacing the bones of old pagans and Paleo-Christians (New Yorker).

2. a kind of limestone that the ancient Greeks used for coffins cause they supposed it quickly consumed the flesh of corpses placed in it.
╂[< Latin sarcophagus (originally) flesh-eating (stone) < Greek sarkophágos < sárx, sarkós flesh + phageîn to eat]

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  • gus — ac·ro·rha·gus; an·gus·ti·ros·trate; an·gus·ti·sel·late; ani·lin·gus; an·thro·poph·a·gus; an·ti·tra·gus; ar·e·op·a·gus; as·par·a·gus; au·gus·ta; au·gus·tal; au·gus·tana; au·gus·tin·ian·ism; au·gus·tin; au·gus·tus; bir·gus; cal·i·bo·gus;… …   English syllables

  • sarcophagus — sar·coph·a·gus …   English syllables

  • sarcophagus — sar·coph·a·gus (sär kŏf’ə gəs) n. pl. sar·coph·a·gi ( jī′) or sar·coph·a·gus·es ▸ A stone coffin, often inscribed or decorated with sculpture. ╂ [Latin, from Greek sarkophagos, coffin, from (lithos) sarkophagos, limestone that consumed the flesh… …   Word Histories

  • sarcophagus — sar|coph|a|gus [ sar kafəgəs ] noun count a stone box, used in some ancient cultures for putting a dead body in ─ compare CASKET …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sarcophagus — sar•coph•a•gus [[t]sɑrˈkɒf ə gəs[/t]] n. pl. gi [[t] ˌdʒaɪ, ˌgaɪ[/t]] gus•es a stone coffin, esp. one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L < Gk sarkophágos coffin …   From formal English to slang

  • sarcophagus — sar|coph|a|gus [sa:ˈkɔfəgəs US sa:rˈka: ] n plural sarcophagi [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: sarcophagus (lapis) stone for making coffins , from Greek (lithos) sarkophagos flesh eating stone , from sarx flesh ] a decorated stone box for a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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