drop of rain, particle, drizzle, rain, showers, a shower, drops
drop of rain, ὅταν μὲν κατὰ μικρὰ φέρηται, ψακάδες, ὅταν δὲ κατὰ μείζω μόρια, ὑετὸς καλεῖται Arist. Mete. 347a11, cf. 348a7, al.; particle, ib. 373b16: mostly collect., drizzle, ψακὰς δὲ λήγει, i. e. heavy rain (ὄμβρος) is coming, A. Ag. 1534 (lyr.); opp. ὑετοί, X. Cyn. 5.4 (pl.); ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι ψακάδι Hdt. 3.10: generally, rain, ὑπὸ στέγῃ πυκνῆς ἀκοῦσαι ψακάδος S. Fr. 636, cf. E. Hel. 2, Ar. Th. 856; so ψεκάς Hp. Epid. 2.3.1: ψεκάδες showers, Gal. 17(1).37; also φοίνισσα ψακάς a shower of blo
2 a sputterer
Comic name for a sputterer, Ar. Ach. 1150 (lyr.), cf. Suid. s.v.
II drop, grains
metaph. of solids, ἀργυρίου μηδὲ ψακάς not a drop of money, Ar. Pax 121; [ψάμμου] ψεκάς grains of sand, AP 12.145. (ψακάς prob. by assimilation from ψεκάς.)