ψακάς: Difference between revisions

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