n.
Pronunciation: sär- ' kä-f ə -g ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gi \ - ˌ g ī , - ˌ j ī , - ˌ g ē \ also -gus · es
Etymology: Latin sarcophagus ( lapis ) limestone used for coffins, from Greek ( lithos ) sarkophagos, literally, flesh-eating stone, from sark- sarc- + phagein to eat ― more at BAKSHEESH
Date: 1619
: a stone coffin broadly : COFFIN