The Greek word sarkophagos meant "eating flesh," and in the phrase lithos ("stone") sarcophagos denoted a limestone that was thought to decompose the flesh of corpses placed in it.
(The Greek word sarkophagos; meant; eating flesh," and in the phrase lithos ("stone") sarcophagos denoted a limestone) (corpses; placed; in it) (a limestone; to decompose; the flesh of corpses)
The Greek word sarkophagos corpses a limestone
meant placed to decompose
eating flesh," and in the phrase lithos ("stone") sarcophagos denoted a limestone
in it
the flesh of corpses