ψακάς ψᾰκάς, later ψεκάς, άδος, ψάω any small piece broken off, a grain, morsel, bit, ἀργυρίου μηδὲ ψακάς, i.e. not even a silver penny, Ar.; collectively, ψάμμου ψεκάς grains of sand, Anth. a drop of rain; and collectively, drizzling rain, ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι ψακάδι Hdt.; ψακὰς δὲ λήγει drops are ceasing, i.e. a storm is coming, Aesch.:—generally, rain, Eur.; ψακάδι φοινίας δρόσου with a sprinkling of bloody dew, Aesch. Comic name for a sputterer, Ar.