σαρκοφάγος
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sar.ko.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sar.koˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sar.koˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sar.koˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th 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
- flesh-eating, carnivorous
- Synonym: σαρκοβόρος (sarkobóros)
Declension
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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Etymology 2
By ellipsis of 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
Declension
| 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 | ||||||||||
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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)
Declension
| 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)
- (feminine gender) sarcophagus
- (masculine and feminine genders) carnivore
Declension
| 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
