κτέρας

• = κτέανον, possession, Il. 10.216, 24.235, cj. in Simon. 107.9, Trag.Adesp. in Gött.Nachr. 1922.27.
• • • 2 gift, A.R. 4.1550.

τό

[κτάομαι.]

• • 1

    Something possessed, a possession, chattel, thing : δέπας, μέγα κ. Il. 24.235. Cf. Il. 10.216.

  • 2

    In pl. κτέρεα, a man’s favourite possessions burnt on his pyre or placed in his grave; hence κτέρεα κτερίζειν, κτερεΐζειν, to burn or place thus, and so, to perform funeral rites : ἐπί κε κτέρεα κτερίσαιεν Il. 24.38 : ἐπὶ κτέρεα κτερεΐξαι Od. 1.291. Cf. Od. 2.222, Od. 3.285.

  • 3

    So κτέρεα, funeral rites : ἔλαχόν κε κτερέων Od. 5.311.

• a possession, Il.