Sothic

/ (ˈsəʊθɪk, ˈsɒθ-) /

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adjective

relating to the star Sirius or to the rising of this star

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Word Origin for Sothic

C19: from Greek Sōthis, from Egyptian, name of Sirius

Words nearby Sothic

sot, Soter, soteriology, so that, Sothern, Sothic, Sothic cycle, Sothic year, Sothis, Sotho, sotie

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How to use Sothic in a sentence

This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.
A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
To what Sothic cycle are these 443 years or xv generations said to belong?
Tradition|John Francis Arundell
The greatest aid in fixing Egyptian chronology is the Sothic Cycle.
Archology and the Bible|George A. Barton
It is this Sothic period which Manetho has employed in his account of Egyptian history.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12)|S. Rappoport

An illustration will show how the Sothic cycle helps in determining dates.
Archology and the Bible|George A. Barton