πυρκαϊή

-ῆς, ἡ

[πῦρ + καίω. A place where fire is kindled.]

A funeral-pyre : νεκροὺς πυρκαϊῆς ἐπενήνεον Il. 7.428= 431. Cf. Il. 23.158, 225, 228, 231, 237, 250=Il. 24.791.