Sarcophaguses

Sarcophaguses
Sarcophagus Sar*coph"a*gus, n.; pl. L. {Sarcophagi}, E. {Sarcophaguses}. [L., fr. Gr. sarkofa`gos, properly, eating flesh; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + fagei^n to eat. Cf. {Sarcasm}.] 1. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called {lapis Assius}, or {Assian stone}, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

2. A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin. [1913 Webster]

3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial. [1913 Webster]


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  • sarcophaguses — sar coph·a·gus || sÉ‘r kÉ‘fÉ™gÉ™s /sɑː kÉ’ n. coffin made of stone …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Assian stone — Sarcophagus Sar*coph a*gus, n.; pl. L. {Sarcophagi}, E. {Sarcophaguses}. [L., fr. Gr. sarkofa gos, properly, eating flesh; sa rx, sa rkos, flesh + fagei^n to eat. Cf. {Sarcasm}.] 1. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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