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 ]
[せっかん(P);せきかん, sekkan (P); sekikan] (n) sarcophagus; stone coffin; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sarcophagus
n 1: a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
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