σαρκόφᾰγ-ος(parox.),ον,
A. eating flesh, carnivorous,τὰ ς. (sc.ζῷα)
Arist. HA 488a14 ;ἔντομαib. 556b21 ;ὄρνεον ς. Plu. Cleom. 39 ;ταῦροι οἱ καλούμενοι ς. Ael. NA 17.45 .
2. cannibal, J. AJ 13.12.6 : metaph.,ζῷον ὁ βασιλεὺς ς. Plu. Cat.Ma. 8 .
II. λίθος ς. a limestone (of which the best kind was quarried at Assos in the Troad), remarkable forconsuming the fleshof corpses laid in it, Erastus ap. Poll. 10.150 , Dsc. 5.124 , Cels. 4.31.7 , Plin. HN 2.211 , 36.131 , Aët. 7.41 : henceσαρκοφάγος,ἡ,coffin,
IG 14.1472 , cf. Juv. 10.172 .