SARCOPHAGI

SARCOPHAGUS

sarcophagus

(noun) a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

sarcophagi

plural of sarcophagus

Source: Wiktionary

SARCOPHAGUS

Sar*coph"a*gus, n.; pl. L. Sarcophagi, E. Sarcophaguses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 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.

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

3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition