sarcophagi
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sarcophagī, from sarcophagus + -ī (suffix denoting the nominative or vocative plural form of a word ending in -us).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ/, /-d͡ʒaɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɑɹˈkɑfəɡaɪ/, /-d͡ʒaɪ/
- Hyphenation: sar‧co‧pha‧gi
Noun edit
sarcophagi
- plural of sarcophagus
- 1980 October, Douglas Adams, chapter 23, in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 132:
- On closer inspection the coffins seemed to be more like sarcophagi. They stood about waist high and were constructed of what appeared to be white marble, […]