sarcophagi
pronunciation
How to pronounce sarcophagi in British English:
UK [sɑ:ˈkɒfəgaɪ]
How to pronounce sarcophagi in American English:
US [sɑrˈkɑfəgaɪ]
Word Origin
- sarcophagi (n.)
- plural of sarcophagus (q.v.).
Example
- 1. A mid-50s californian surfer with chemically recalibrated brain insisting that 7ft aliens had been discovered in sarcophagi beneath mayan pyramids .
- 2. When we think about the riches of king tut and the mysteries of the egyptian pyramids we can imagine those big stone coffins that the literati call sarcophagi .
- 3. Sarcophagi are not a jewish tradition , she notes , but in roman times jews believed if they copied the romans , talked like the romans , behaved like the romans , they might have a better life .
- 4. The ottoman sultan , abdul hamid ii , ordered the sarcophagi exhumed , placed on rails and carried down to the mediterranean coast , where they were sent by ship to istanbul .