Liddell-Scott-Jones

ψέκας (psekas) mist ^G:N-F

ψέκας,

Ionic dialect and later (cf. Moer. p.419 P.) ψεκάς, άδος, ἡ:— drop of rain, ὅταν μὲν κατὰ μικρὰ φέρηται, ψακάδες, ὅταν δὲ κατὰ μείζω μόρια, ὑετὸς καλεῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; particle, [Refs]drizzle, ψακὰς δὲ λήγει, i. e. heavy rain (ὄμβρος) is coming, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ὑετοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, rain, ὑπὸ στέγῃ πυκνῆς ἀκοῦσαι ψακάδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ψεκάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]showers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also φοίνισσα ψακάς a shower of blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Βρομίου ψακάδεσσι, i. e. drops of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 Comic name for a sputterer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically of solids, ἀργυρίου μηδὲ ψακάς not a drop of money, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ψάμμου] ψεκάς grains of sand, [Refs]