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σαρκοφάγος σαρκο-φάγος, ον, φᾰγεῖν eating flesh, carnivorous, Arist. λίθος σ. 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, Juven.

ShortDef

eating flesh, carnivorous

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Headword:

σαρκοφάγος

Headword (normalized):

σαρκοφάγος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

σαρκοφαγος

IDX:

29300

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29334

Key:

sarkofa/gos

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