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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

See coffin, tomb.

Latin > English

sarcophagus sarcophagi N M :: coffin, grave

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sarcŏphăgus: a, um, adj., = σαρκοφἅγος (flesh-devouring, carnivorous): sarcophagus lapis,
I 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.—
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) sarcŏphăgus, a, um, qui consume les chairs : Plin. 28, 140 ; sarcophagus lapis Plin. 2, 211 ; 36, 131, pierre sarcophage [servant de cercueil et consumant les chairs].
(2) sarcŏphăgus,¹⁶ ī, m. (σαρκοφάγος), sarcophage, tombeau : Juv. 10, 172 ; Dig. 11, 7, 37.

Latin > German (Georges)

sarcophagus, a, um (σαρκοφάγος), Fleisch fressend, -verzehrend, lapis, eine Art Kalkstein, am besten zu Assus in Troas gebrochen, zu Särgen gebraucht, worin der Leichnam binnen vierzig Tagen verzehrt u. in Asche verwandelt wurde, auch lapis Assius gen., Plin. 2, 210 u. 36, 131. – subst., sarcophagus, ī, m., die (urspr. aus solchem fleischverzehrenden Kalkstein verfertigte) Totenkiste, der Sarg, Sarkophag, Iuven. 10, 171. Paul. sent. 1, 21. § 8. Prud. cath. 3, 203. Augustin. serm. 102, 2. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 20033: sarcofag. geschr., Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 1198; 6, 2120 u. 13, 1974. Not. Tir. 58, 67. – Nbf. sarcofagum, ī, n., Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2654 u. 13, 7028 a. Itala Luc. 7, 14. Not. Tir. 58, 67.

Latin > Chinese

sarcophagus, i. m. :: 速化屍之石