sarcophagus
noun /sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/
/sɑːrˈkɑːfəɡəs/
(plural sarcophagi
/sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ/
/sɑːrˈkɑːfəɡaɪ/
)- a stone coffin (= box that a dead person is buried in), especially one that is decorated, used in ancient timesTopics Life stagesc2Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos ‘flesh-consuming’, from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’ + -phagos ‘-eating’.