κτέρεα

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English (LSJ)

τά (no sg. in use),

   A funeral gifts, burnt with the dead, Mosch.4.33, Hsch.: 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 (Maced.).    2 later, wrappers for the dead, shroud, ἐνὶ κτερέεσσιν ἐλυσθείς A.R.1.254.