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  "headword": "ψακάς",
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          "definition": "<i>drop of rain,</i> ὅταν μὲν κατὰ μικρὰ φέρηται, ψακάδες, ὅταν δὲ κατὰ μείζω μόρια, ὑετὸς καλεῖται Arist. Mete. 347a11, cf. 348a7, al.; <i>particle,</i> ib. 373b16: mostly collect., <i>drizzle,</i> 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, <i>rain,</i> ὑπὸ στέγῃ πυκνῆς ἀκοῦσαι ψακάδος S. Fr. 636, cf. E. Hel. 2, Ar. Th. 856; so ψεκάς Hp. Epid. 2.3.1: ψεκάδες <i>showers,</i> Gal. 17(1).37; also φοίνισσα ψακάς <i>a shower</i> of blood, Simon. 106; βάλλει μʼ ἐρεμνῇ ψακάδι φοινίας δρόσου A. Ag. 1390; Βρομίου ψακάδεσσι, i.e. <i>drops</i> of wine, Critias 1.10.",
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                "quote": "ὅταν μὲν κατὰ μικρὰ φέρηται, ψακάδες, ὅταν δὲ κατὰ μείζω μόρια, ὑετὸς καλεῖται",
                "ref": "Arist. Mete. 347a11",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι ψακάδι",
                "ref": "Hdt. 3.10",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.10"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὑπὸ στέγῃ πυκνῆς ἀκοῦσαι ψακάδος",
                "ref": "S. Fr. 636",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:636"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ψεκάδες",
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                "urn": ""
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              "data": {
                "quote": "βάλλει μʼ ἐρεμνῇ ψακάδι φοινίας δρόσου",
                "ref": "A. Ag. 1390",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1390"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>a sputterer,</i> Ar. Ach. 1150 (lyr.), cf. Suid. s.v.",
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            },
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "ἀργυρίου μηδὲ ψακάς not a <i>drop</i> of money, Ar. Pax 121; [ψάμμου] ψεκάς <i>grains</i> of sand, AP 12.145. ( ψακάς prob. by assimilation from ψεκάς.)",
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