ψακάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and later (cf. Moer.p.419 P.) [[ψεκάς]], ψακάδος, ἡ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[drop]] of [[rain]], ὅταν μὲν κατὰ μικρὰ φέρηται, [[ψακάδες]], ὅταν δὲ κατὰ μείζω μόρια, ὑετὸς καλεῖται [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''347a11, cf. 348a7, al.; [[particle]], ib.373b16: mostly collect., [[drizzle]], <b class="b3">ψακὰς δὲ λήγει</b>, i.e. [[heavy]] [[rain]] ([[ὄμβρος]]) is coming, A.''Ag.''1534 (lyr.); opp. [[ὑετοί]], X.''Cyn.''5.4 (pl.); ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι ψακάδι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.10: generally, [[rain]], ὑπὸ στέγῃ πυκνῆς ἀκοῦσαι ψακάδος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''636, cf. E.''Hel.''2, Ar.''Th.''856; so ψεκάς Hp.''Epid.''2.3.1: [[ψεκάδες]] = [[showers]], Gal.17(1).37; also <b class="b3">φοίνισσα ψακάς</b> a [[shower]] of [[blood]], Simon.106; βάλλει μ' ἐρεμνῇ ψακάδι φοινίας δρόσου A.''Ag.''1390; <b class="b3">Βρομίου ψακάδεσσι</b>, i.e. [[drop]]s of [[wine]], Critias 1.10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Comic name for a [[sputterer]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1150 (lyr.), cf. Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of solids, <b class="b3">ἀργυρίου μηδὲ ψακάς</b> not a [[drop]] of [[money]], Ar.''Pax''121; [ψάμμου] ψεκάς [[grain]]s of [[sand]], ''AP''12.145. ([[ψακάς]] prob. by assimilation from [[ψεκάς]].)