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See [[coffin]], [[tomb]]. | See [[coffin]], [[tomb]]. | ||
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|lshtext=<b>sarcŏphăgus</b>: a, um, adj., = σαρκοφἅγος ([[flesh]]-[[devouring]], [[carnivorous]]): [[sarcophagus]] [[lapis]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[kind]] of limestone used for coffins (so called [[because]] the corpses were [[quickly]] consumed by it), Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211; 36, 17, 27, § 161.—In [[medicine]], Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 140.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., subst.: sarcŏphăgus, i, m. (‡ sarcŏphă-[[gum]], i, n., Inscr. [[Don]]. 7, 8), a [[grave]], [[sepulchre]] ([[post]]-Aug.), Juv. 10, 172; Dig. 11, 7, 37; 34, 1, 18 fin.; Prud. Cath. 3, 203; Inscr. Orell. 194; 4432; 4554 al. | |||
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