(also written sīk) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. iv, 1]) śīkate (pf. śiśīke aor. aśīkiṣṭa &c. Gr.), to rain in fine drops, drizzle, sprinkle, wet, moisten, [Hcar.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to go, move, [Dhātup. iv, 11] (v.l.) : Caus. śīkayati, to besprinkle, [Hcar.]; cl. 10. ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ (bhāṣārthe or bhāsārthe), [Dhātup. xxxiii, 116] ; āmarṣaṇe or marṣaṇe, [xxxiv, 20]. [cf. Gk. κηκίω.]