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Sothic
/ ˈsəʊθɪk; ˈsɒθ- /
adjective
- relating to the star Sirius or to the rising of this star
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Sothic1
C19: from Greek Sōthis, from Egyptian, name of Sirius
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Example Sentences
This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.
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To what Sothic cycle are these 443 years or xv generations said to belong?
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The greatest aid in fixing Egyptian chronology is the Sothic Cycle.
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It is this Sothic period which Manetho has employed in his account of Egyptian history.
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An illustration will show how the Sothic cycle helps in determining dates.
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