adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
sarcophagus1
sarcophagus (feminine sarcophaga, neuter sarcophagum)
Classical[sarˈkɔ.pʰa.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[sarˈkɔː.fa.ɡus]
Meaning
- adjectiveflesh-devouring, carnivorous
- adjectivea kind of limestone used for coffins
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sarcophagus | sarcophaga | sarcophagum |
| genitive | sarcophagī | sarcophagae | sarcophagī |
| dative | sarcophagō | sarcophagae | sarcophagō |
| accusative | sarcophagum | sarcophagam | sarcophagum |
| ablative | sarcophagō | sarcophagā | sarcophagō |
| vocative | sarcophage | sarcophaga | sarcophagum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sarcophagī | sarcophagae | sarcophaga |
| genitive | sarcophagōrum | sarcophagārum | sarcophagōrum |
| dative | sarcophagīs | sarcophagīs | sarcophagīs |
| accusative | sarcophagōs | sarcophagās | sarcophaga |
| ablative | sarcophagīs | sarcophagīs | sarcophagīs |
| vocative | sarcophagī | sarcophagae | sarcophaga |
sarcŏphăgus, a, um, adj., = σαρκοφἅγος (flesh-devouring, carnivorous): sarcophagus lapis,
I. a kind of limestone used for coffins (so called because the corpses were quickly consumed by it), Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211; 36, 17, 27, § 161.—In medicine, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 140.—
II. Transf., subst.: sarcŏphăgus, i, m. († sarcŏphă-gum, i, n., Inscr. Don. 7, 8), a grave, sepulchre (post-Aug.), Juv. 10, 172; Dig. 11, 7, 37; 34, 1, 18 fin.; Prud. Cath. 3, 203; Inscr. Orell. 194; 4432; 4554 al.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sarcophagus adj.
, σαρκοφάγος, flesh-devouring, carnivorous: lapis, a limestone of which coffins were made, said to reduce the corpse to ashes.—As subst m., a tomb, sarcophagus, Iu.
Origins
From Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, “coffin of limestone”), σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, “flesh-eating, carnivorous”).
In English words that came into English from sarcophagus
- sarcophagussarcophagus