Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ψακάς

; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψακάς

Etym.: ya/w

Sense

  1. any small piece broken off, a grain, morsel, bit, grains
  2. a drop of rain;, drizzling rain, drops, rain, a sprinkling
  3. a sputterer

Examples

  • δοξάσαι ἔστι κόραι, τὸ δ’ ἐτήτυμον ἄχθομαι ὑμῖν, ἡνίκ’ ἂν αἰτίζητ’ ἄρτον πάππαν με καλοῦσαι, ἔνδον δ’ ἀργυρίου μηδὲ ψακὰσ ᾖ πάνυ πάμπαν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, dactyls 1:3)
  • ψακὰσ δὲ λήγει. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, strophe 33)
  • τηνικαῦτα δὲ ὁμίχλη τε κατέβη βαθεῖα καὶ ψακάσ τισ διέθει· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:8)

Synonyms

  1. any small piece broken off

  2. a drop of rain

  3. a sputterer

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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