σαρκοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.ko.pʰá.ɡos/ → /sar.koˈɸa.ɣos/ → /sar.koˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.ko.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈfa.ɣos/

Etymology 1

From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh, meat”) +‎ φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Adjective

σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος • (sărkophắgos) m or f (neuter σᾰρκοφᾰ́γον); second declension

1. flesh-eating, carnivorous

   Synonym: σαρκοβόρος (sarkobóros)

Declension

Second declension of σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος; σᾰρκοφᾰ́γον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος sărkophắgos	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γον sărkophắgon		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω sărkophắgō	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω sărkophắgō		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοι sărkophắgoi	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γᾰ sărkophắgă
Genitive		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γου sărkophắgou	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γου sărkophắgou		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοιν sărkophắgoin	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοιν sărkophắgoin		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γων sărkophắgōn	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γων sărkophắgōn
Dative		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γῳ sărkophắgōi	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γῳ sărkophắgōi		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοιν sărkophắgoin	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοιν sărkophắgoin		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοις sărkophắgois	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοις sărkophắgois
Accusative		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γον sărkophắgon	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γον sărkophắgon		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω sărkophắgō	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω sărkophắgō		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γους sărkophắgous	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γᾰ sărkophắgă
Vocative		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γε sărkophắge	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γον sărkophắgon		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω sărkophắgō	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω sărkophắgō		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοι sărkophắgoi	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γᾰ sărkophắgă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		σᾰρκοφᾰ́γως sărkophắgōs			σᾰρκοφᾰγώτερος sărkophăgṓteros			σᾰρκοφᾰγώτᾰτος sărkophăgṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

By ellipsis of [λίθος] σαρκοφάγος, a limestone found at Assos in Troas, remarkable for consuming the flesh of corpses laid in it; coffins were made of it, and such a coffin was called a σαρκοφάγος.

Noun

σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος • (sărkophắgos) m (genitive σᾰρκοφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. sarcophagus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος; τοῦ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γος ho sărkophắgos	τὼ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω tṑ sărkophắgō	οἱ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοι hoi sărkophắgoi
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γου toû sărkophắgou	τοῖν σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοιν toîn sărkophắgoin	τῶν σᾰρκοφᾰ́γων tôn sărkophắgōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γῳ tôi sărkophắgōi	τοῖν σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοιν toîn sărkophắgoin	τοῖς σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοις toîs sărkophắgois
Accusative	τὸν σᾰρκοφᾰ́γον tòn sărkophắgon	τὼ σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω tṑ sărkophắgō	τοὺς σᾰρκοφᾰ́γους toùs sărkophắgous
Vocative	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γε sărkophắge	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γω sărkophắgō	σᾰρκοφᾰ́γοι sărkophắgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σαρκοφάγος (sarkofágos)
• → Latin: sarcophagus

Further reading

• “σαρκοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαρκοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos). By surface analysis, σάρκα (sárka) +‎ -φάγος (-fágos).

Adjective

σαρκοφάγος • (sarkofágos) m (feminine σαρκοφάγος, neuter σαρκοφάγο)

1. carnivorous, meat-eating

Declension

Declension of σαρκοφάγος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	σαρκοφάγος (sarkofágos)	σαρκοφάγος (sarkofágos)	σαρκοφάγο (sarkofágo)		σαρκοφάγοι (sarkofágoi)	σαρκοφάγοι (sarkofágoi)	σαρκοφάγα (sarkofága)
genitive	σαρκοφάγου (sarkofágou)	σαρκοφάγου (sarkofágou)	σαρκοφάγου (sarkofágou)		σαρκοφάγων (sarkofágon)	σαρκοφάγων (sarkofágon)	σαρκοφάγων (sarkofágon)
accusative	σαρκοφάγο (sarkofágo)	σαρκοφάγο (sarkofágo)	σαρκοφάγο (sarkofágo)		σαρκοφάγους (sarkofágous)	σαρκοφάγους (sarkofágous)	σαρκοφάγα (sarkofága)
vocative	σαρκοφάγε (sarkofáge)	σαρκοφάγε (sarkofáge)	σαρκοφάγο (sarkofágo)		σαρκοφάγοι (sarkofágoi)	σαρκοφάγοι (sarkofágoi)	σαρκοφάγα (sarkofága)

Noun

σαρκοφάγος • (sarkofágos) f or m (plural σαρκοφάγοι)

1. (feminine gender) sarcophagus
2. (masculine and feminine genders) carnivore

Declension

Declension of σαρκοφάγος

	singular	plural
nominative	σαρκοφάγος (sarkofágos)	σαρκοφάγοι (sarkofágoi)
genitive	σαρκοφάγου (sarkofágou)	σαρκοφάγων (sarkofágon)
accusative	σαρκοφάγο (sarkofágo)	σαρκοφάγους (sarkofágous)
vocative	σαρκοφάγε (sarkofáge)	σαρκοφάγοι (sarkofágoi)

both gendered nouns have the same declined forms

Related terms

• see: σάρκα f (sárka, “flesh”)

Further reading

• σαρκοφάγος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el