κτέρεα
kterea
funeral gifts
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κτέρεα, τά (no sg. in use), A. funeral gifts, burnt with the dead, 4.33, : generally, funeral honours, ἐπὶ κτέρεα κτερεΐξαι Od. 1.291, cf. 2.222, Il. 24.38, etc.; ἔλαχον κτερέων Od. 5.311; τῶν ὁσίων ἀντίασεν κτερέων Epigr.Gr. 514 (). 2. later, wrappers for the dead, shroud, ἐνὶ κτερέεσσιν ἐλυσθείς 1.254.
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