sarcophagus
To enclose in a sarcophagusTo enclose (a corpse, etc.) in a sarcophagus (noun sense 1).
» There was lots of gold inside the sarcophagus.
Внутри саркофага было много золота. — bismarck_elsa
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1 sensesTo enclose (a corpse, etc.) in a sarcophagus (noun sense 1).
Examples
6 sentencesThere was lots of gold inside the sarcophagus.
ruВнутри саркофага было много золота. — bismarck_elsa
They found considerable damage to many of the museum's statues and sarcophagi that were too large to be removed for safekeeping.
The sarcophagus contained the remains of Antonio.
Three Roman sarcophagi have been discovered in Turkey.
deIn der Türkei wurden drei römische Sarkophage entdeckt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Archaeologists have unearthed a mysterious black granite sarcophagus in Egypt.
deArchäologen haben in Ägypten einen geheimnisvollen Sarkophag aus schwarzem Granit ausgegraben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
The noun is borrowed from Latin sarcophagus (“grave; sarcophagus; flesh-eating, carnivorouThe noun is borrowed from Latin sarcophagus (“grave; sarcophagus; flesh-eating, carnivorous”), from Ancient Greek σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος (sărkophắgos, “sarcophagus; flesh-eating, carnivorous”) (so named from λῐ́θος σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος (lĭ́thos sărkophắgos, literally “flesh-eating stone”) a type of limestone found at Assos in Troas (now Behramkale, Turkey) thought to consume the flesh of corpses, and thus used to make coffins), from σαρκός (sarkós) (the genitive form of σάρξ (sárx, “flesh; body”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to carve; to cut off, trim”)) + -φάγος (-phágos, suffix meaning ‘eater (of); eating’) (from ἔφαγον (éphagon, “to devour, eat”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot, distribute; to divide”)).
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Forms
sarcophaguses, sarcophagusing, sarcophagused, sarcophagused| Base form | sarcophagus · to sarcophagus |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sarcophaguses |
| Present participle | sarcophagusing |
| Past simple | sarcophagused |
| Past participle | sarcophagused |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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