heliacal
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of heliacal
1600–10; < Late Latin hēliac ( us ) (< Greek hēliakós; see heli- 1, -ac) + -al 1
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The heliacal rising of Orion is at present computed to be about the 6th of July; and about that time it is that he either causes or presages tempests on the seas.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John
They also possessed lists of the fixed stars, and drew up tables of the times of their heliacal risings.
From The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
The heliacal rising of Canopus was also a precursor of the rising of the Nile.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
On the ceiling of the Memnonium at Thebes the heliacal rising of Sirius is represented under the form and name of Isis.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
They approximated to the truth in reference to the solar year, by observing the equinoxes and solstices, and the heliacal rising of particular stars.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
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