'Sarcophagus' is Greek for 'flesh-eater' — a limestone coffin believed to dissolve the dead.
A stone coffin, typically adorned with sculpture or inscriptions, especially one associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and the Near East.
From Latin 'sarcophagus,' borrowed from Greek 'sarkophágos' (σαρκοφάγος), literally meaning 'flesh-eating.' The compound joins 'sárx' (σάρξ, flesh, genitive 'sarkós') and 'phageîn' (φαγεῖν, to eat, devour). The name referred to a type of limestone from Assos in the Troad (northwest Turkey) that was believed to consume the flesh of corpses placed in coffins made
The word 'sarcasm' is an etymological cousin of 'sarcophagus' — both contain the Greek root 'sárx' (flesh). 'Sarcasm' comes from Greek 'sarkasmós' (a tearing of flesh, a sneer), from 'sarkázein' (to tear flesh, to bite one's lip in rage). So etymologically, sarcasm tears your flesh while a sarcophagus eats