sarcophagusn.

Brit.

/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/sɑrˈkɑfəɡəs/

Forms: Plural sarcophagi /fədʒaɪ/. Also 1700s -fagus.

Etymology: Latin, < Greek σαρκοϕάγος, originally adjective, < σαρκο-, σάρξ flesh + -ϕάγος eating.

1. A kind of stone reputed among the Greeks to have the property of consuming the flesh of dead bodies deposited in it, and consequently used for coffins. Obsolete exc. Ancient History.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > stone coffin > type of stone used for coffins

sarcophagus1601

sarcophage1623

eat-flesh1632

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. xvii. 587 Near vnto Assos, a city in Troas, there is found in the quarries a certaine stone called Sarcophagus.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 461 His Entrails are like the Sarcophagus, that devours dead Bodies in a small Space.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 232 Sarcofagus, is a Stone of which the Antients built their Monuments, and took its Name from its Effect.

2. A stone coffin, esp. one embellished with sculptures or bearing inscriptions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > that which devours (of fire, insects, etc.)

devouress1382

devourerc1385

wolfc1470

sarcophagus1619

consumingness1659

corroder1697

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > stone coffin

gravestonea1225

kista1400

trougha1513

sarcophagus1619

sarcophage1623

coffin-tomb1727

cist1804

stone cist1888

stone kist1926

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 342 Several Sarcophagi, that have enclos'd the Ashes of Men or Boys, Maids or Matrons.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 166 A sarcophagus with ribbed work and mouldings.

1838 J. Murray Handbk. N. Ger. 103 Their effigies, formed of Italian alabaster, repose upon a sarcophagus.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) I. 325 The sarcophagus which contained the bones of L. Cornelius Scipio was discovered in 1780.

1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 63 Suphis I, the builder of the ‘Third Pyramid’ which contained his sarcophagus.

figurative.1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xxxv. 329 This (venter impiorum insaturabilis)..consumes..generally twice a day all the flesh therein interred; so true a Sarcophagus is the belly.1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. xiii. 85 The monastic spirit..which now kept it [sc. learning]..stiffening in the stony sarcophagus of a bygone age.1870 tr. F. A. Pouchet Universe (1871) 98 The Emperor Moth..emerges from its horny sarcophagus without catching a hair of its velvet wings against it.

3. A flesh-eating person or animal. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > flesh- or meat-eater

flesh-vourer1533

meat-man1606

flesh-eater1616

sarcophagus1617

sarcophagist1699

meat-eater1849

sarcophage1852

non-vegetarian1907

meater1920

carnivore1961

non-veggie1984

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 420 No Transformators, no such sauage Sarcophagi, as S. Cyrill bends his penne against.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vii. 429 Dr. Browne informs me; ‘There are met with in asylums sarcophagi, individuals who have desired to eat..human flesh.’

4. A wine-cooler. (In recent dictionaries.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > water- or wine-cooler

keelerc1440

keel-vat1552

gargolette1650

ice-pail1699

water cooler1807

ice bucket1821

sarcophagus1833

cooler1838

olla1844

psykter1848

champagne bucket1874

monkey-pot1884

koozie1979

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. 1045 Fig. 1871 is a pedestal sideboard... There is an open sarcophagus-shaped wine cooler beneath... Castors are sunk into the plinth of the sarcophagus.

Derivatives

sarˈcophagus v. (transitive) to deposit or enclose in a sarcophagus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > put in coffin > of specific type

to lap in leadc1340

sarcophagus1862

sarcophagizea1876

1862 D. M. Mulock in Macmillan's Mag. V. 464 The handful of mere dust that lies Sarcophagused in stone and lead.

1888 W. H. H. Rogers Memorials of West Notes 391 She rests in a wedge-shaped coffin, which is sarcophagused within the tomb in the presbytery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sarcophagus
释义	sarcophagusn. Brit. /sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /sɑrˈkɑfəɡəs/ Forms: Plural sarcophagi /fədʒaɪ/. Also 1700s -fagus. Etymology: Latin, < Greek σαρκοϕάγος, originally adjective, < σαρκο-, σάρξ flesh + -ϕάγος eating. 1. A kind of stone reputed among the Greeks to have the property of consuming the flesh of dead bodies deposited in it, and consequently used for coffins. Obsolete exc. Ancient History. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > stone coffin > type of stone used for coffins sarcophagus1601 sarcophage1623 eat-flesh1632 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. xvii. 587 Near vnto Assos, a city in Troas, there is found in the quarries a certaine stone called Sarcophagus. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 461 His Entrails are like the Sarcophagus, that devours dead Bodies in a small Space. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 232 Sarcofagus, is a Stone of which the Antients built their Monuments, and took its Name from its Effect. 2. A stone coffin, esp. one embellished with sculptures or bearing inscriptions, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > that which devours (of fire, insects, etc.) devouress1382 devourerc1385 wolfc1470 sarcophagus1619 consumingness1659 corroder1697 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > stone coffin gravestonea1225 kista1400 trougha1513 sarcophagus1619 sarcophage1623 coffin-tomb1727 cist1804 stone cist1888 stone kist1926 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 342 Several Sarcophagi, that have enclos'd the Ashes of Men or Boys, Maids or Matrons. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 166 A sarcophagus with ribbed work and mouldings. 1838 J. Murray Handbk. N. Ger. 103 Their effigies, formed of Italian alabaster, repose upon a sarcophagus. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) I. 325 The sarcophagus which contained the bones of L. Cornelius Scipio was discovered in 1780. 1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 63 Suphis I, the builder of the ‘Third Pyramid’ which contained his sarcophagus. figurative.1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xxxv. 329 This (venter impiorum insaturabilis)..consumes..generally twice a day all the flesh therein interred; so true a Sarcophagus is the belly.1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. xiii. 85 The monastic spirit..which now kept it [sc. learning]..stiffening in the stony sarcophagus of a bygone age.1870 tr. F. A. Pouchet Universe (1871) 98 The Emperor Moth..emerges from its horny sarcophagus without catching a hair of its velvet wings against it. 3. A flesh-eating person or animal. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > flesh- or meat-eater flesh-vourer1533 meat-man1606 flesh-eater1616 sarcophagus1617 sarcophagist1699 meat-eater1849 sarcophage1852 non-vegetarian1907 meater1920 carnivore1961 non-veggie1984 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 420 No Transformators, no such sauage Sarcophagi, as S. Cyrill bends his penne against. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vii. 429 Dr. Browne informs me; ‘There are met with in asylums sarcophagi, individuals who have desired to eat..human flesh.’ 4. A wine-cooler. (In recent dictionaries.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > water- or wine-cooler keelerc1440 keel-vat1552 gargolette1650 ice-pail1699 water cooler1807 ice bucket1821 sarcophagus1833 cooler1838 olla1844 psykter1848 champagne bucket1874 monkey-pot1884 koozie1979 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. 1045 Fig. 1871 is a pedestal sideboard... There is an open sarcophagus-shaped wine cooler beneath... Castors are sunk into the plinth of the sarcophagus. Derivatives sarˈcophagus v. (transitive) to deposit or enclose in a sarcophagus. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > put in coffin > of specific type to lap in leadc1340 sarcophagus1862 sarcophagizea1876 1862 D. M. Mulock in Macmillan's Mag. V. 464 The handful of mere dust that lies Sarcophagused in stone and lead. 1888 W. H. H. Rogers Memorials of West Notes 391 She rests in a wedge-shaped coffin, which is sarcophagused within the tomb in the presbytery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601
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