SARCOPHAGUS

[sar.coph.a.gus] n, pl -gi also -gus.es [L sarcophagus (lapis) limestone used for coffins, fr. Gk (lithos) sarkophagos, lit., flesh-eating stone, fr. sark- sarc- + phagein to eat--more at baksheesh] (1619): a stone coffin; broadly: coffin