Greek Meaning of sarcophagus
Σαρκοφάγος
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Definitions and Meaning of sarcophagus in English
sarcophagus (n)
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
sarcophagus (n.)
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.
A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.
A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
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Σαρκοφάγος
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consum
Φέρετρο,φέρετρο,τάφος,μπύρα,κουτί,κρύπτη,κάλπη,θησαυρός,οστεοφυλάκιο,Οστεοφυλάκιο
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sarcophagous => σαρκοφάγος, sarcophagi => σαρκοφάγοι, sarcophagan => σαρκοφάγα, sarcophaga carnaria => Sarcophaga carnaria, sarcophaga => Σαρκοφάγος,
