SOTHIC
\sˈɒθɪk], \sˈɒθɪk], \s_ˈɒ_θ_ɪ_k]\
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Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.
By Oddity Software
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s[=o]'thik, adj. of or pertaining to the dog-star Sothis or Sirius.--SOTHIC CYCLE, or period, a period of 1460 years; SOTHIC YEAR, the ancient Egyptian fixed year, according to the heliacal rising of Sirius.
By Thomas Davidson
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Of the dog-star, esp. S. year (Egyptian, fixed by heliacal rising of dog-star), S. cycle (of 1460 S. or 1461 solar years). [Greek]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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(Sothis, Egyptian name for Dog-star. ) A period of 4 X 365, 1/4, or 146 1 years of 365 days. The ancient Egyptians used an official year of 365 days, though they knew that the actual length of the year is about 365,1/4 days, and consequently that their official year would not continue in a constant relation to the seasons ; they therefore deduced the Sothic Period, in which their official year passed through all its relations to the seasons.
By Henry Percy Smith
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