English-Thai Dictionary
sarcophagus
N โลงหิน โบราณ ที่ มี การสลัก ข้อความ หรือ รูปภาพ bier coffin rong-hin-bo-ran-ti-me-sa-lak-kor-kwam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SARCOPHAGUS
n.[L. from Gr. flesh and to eat. ] 1. A species of stone used among the Greeks in their sculptures, which was so called because it consumed the flesh of bodies deposited in it within a few weeks. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, and said to be found at Assos, a city of Lycia Hence,
2. A stone coffin or grave in which the ancients deposited bodies which they chose not to burn.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SARCOPHAGUS
Sar *coph "a *gus, n.; pl. L. Sarcophagi, E. Sarcophaguses. Etym: [L.,fr. Gr. Sarcasm. ]
1. 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. Holland.
2. A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.
3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sarcophagus
sar coph a gus |särˈkäfəgəs sɑrˈkɑfəɡəs | ▶noun ( pl. sarcophagi |-ˌjī | ) a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos ‘flesh-consuming, ’ from sarx, sark- ‘flesh ’ + -phagos ‘-eating. ’
Oxford Dictionary
sarcophagus
sarcophagus |sɑːˈkɒfəgəs | ▶noun ( pl. sarcophagi |-gʌɪ, -dʒʌɪ | ) a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos ‘flesh-consuming ’, from sarx, sark- ‘flesh ’ + -phagos ‘-eating ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sarcophagus
sar coph a gus /sɑː r kɑ́fəɡəs |-kɔ́f -/名詞 複 -gi /-ɡàɪ, -dʒàɪ /, ～es C (装飾が施された古代の )石棺 .
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