sprinkling
From LSJ
στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα → blood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound
P. περίρρανσις, ἡ (Plato
Cratylus 405B).
sprinkling of rain: P. and V. ψακάς, ἡ (Xen., also Ar.); see drop.
vessel for sprinkling: V. ἀπορραντήριον, τό.