different between sarcophagus vs mausoleum

English

Etymology

From French sarcophage, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sarkophágos, “coffin of limestone”, noun), so named from a supposed property of consuming the flesh of corpses laid in it, from ?????????? (sarkophágos, “flesh-eating, carnivorous”), from genitive ?????? (sarkós) of ???? (sárx, “flesh, meat”) + -????? (-phágos) (from ?????? (éphagon), past of ???? (phág?, “eat”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??(?)?k?f???s/

Noun

sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses)

1. A stone coffin, often inscribed or decorated with sculpture.
2. (informal) The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed reactor at the power station in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
3. (historical) A kind of limestone used by the Greeks for coffins, so called because it was thought to consume the flesh of corpses.
4. (historical) An 18th-century form of wine cooler.

Related terms

• sarcophagy
• autosarcophagy

Translations

Further reading

• sarcophagus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sarcophagus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sarcophagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (sarkophágos, “coffin of limestone”), ?????????? (sarkophágos, “flesh-eating, carnivorous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sar?ko.p?a.?us/, [s?är?k?p?ä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sar?ko.fa.?us/, [s?r?k??f??us]

Noun

sarcophagus m (genitive sarcophag?); second declension

1. a grave, sepulchre

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Old High German: saruh
  • Middle High German: sarc
    • German: Sarg
• Vulgar Latin: *sarcus
  • Middle Dutch: sarc, serc
    • Dutch: zerk
  • Old Frisian: serk
• Vulgar Latin: *sarcovagum, *sarcovum
  • Old French: sarcou, sarqueu
    • French: cercueil
      • Esperanto: ?erko
    • Norman: cerqueu
  • >? Galician: sartego, sarteo
• ? English: sarcophagus
• ? French: sarcophage

Adjective

sarcophagus (feminine sarcophaga, neuter sarcophagum); first/second-declension adjective

1. flesh-devouring, carnivorous
2. a kind of limestone used for coffins

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• sarcophagus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sarcophagus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sarcophagus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sarcophagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English mausoleum, from Latin maus?l?um, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (Maus?leîon), from ???????? (Maús?los); named after Mausolus (?–395 B.C.E.), satrap of the Persian empire and ruler of Caria, whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??.z??li?.?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?.s??li.?m/, enPR: mô's?-l?'?m

Noun

mausoleum (plural mausoleums or mausolea)

1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
2. (by extension) A gloomy, usually large room or building.

Derived terms

• mausoleal
• mausolean

Translations

Further reading

• mausoleum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maus?l?um, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (Maus?leîon) from Ancient Greek ???????? (Maús?los); named for Mausolus (???????? or ??????????), satrap of the Persian empire and ruler of Caria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?u?.zo??le?.?m/
• Hyphenation: mau?so?le?um
• Rhymes: -e??m

Noun

mausoleum n (plural mausolea or mausoleums, diminutive mausoleumpje n)

1. mausoleum

   Synonym: praalgraf

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mausolé, mausole

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (Maus?leîon) from Ancient Greek ???????? (Maús?los); named for Mausolus (???????? or ??????????), satrap of the Persian empire and ruler of Caria, via Latin mausoleum.

Noun

mausoleum n (definite singular mausoleet, indefinite plural mausoleer, definite plural mausolea or mausoleene)

1. a mausoleum

References

• “mausoleum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mausolé, mausole

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (Maus?leîon) from Ancient Greek ???????? (Maús?los); named for Mausolus (???????? or ??????????), via Latin mausoleum.

Noun

mausoleum n (definite singular mausoleet, indefinite plural mausoleum, definite plural mausolea)

1. a mausoleum

References

• “mausoleum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.