sarcophagus adj.
, σαρκοφάγος,
flesh-devouring, carnivorous: lapis, a limestone of which
coffins were made, said to reduce the corpse to ashes.—As subst
m., a tomb, sarcophagus, Iu.
sarcophagus adj.
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