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Sarcophagi

//sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of sarcophagus form-of, plural

    "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, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sarcophagī, from sarcophagus + -ī (suffix denoting the nominative or vocative plural form of a word ending in -us).

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