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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- sarcŏphăgus, a, um, adj., = sarkofa(/gos (flesh-devouring, carnivorous): sarcophagus lapis, 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.
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