Sothis
[soh-this]
- the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
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Origin of Sothis
< Greek Sṓthis < Egyptian spdt
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To what Sothic cycle are these 443 years or xv generations said to belong?
TraditionJohn Francis Arundell
The greatest aid in fixing Egyptian chronology is the Sothic Cycle.
Archology and the BibleGeorge A. Barton
It is this Sothic period which Manetho has employed in his account of Egyptian history.
An illustration will show how the Sothic cycle helps in determining dates.
Archology and the BibleGeorge A. Barton
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
Sothic
- relating to the star Sirius or to the rising of this star
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Word Origin
C19: from Greek Sōthis, from Egyptian, name of Sirius
Sothis
- another name for Sirius
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Word Origin
Greek; see Sothic
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Word Origin and History for sothic
Sothic
adj.
as in Sothic cycle, a period of 1,460 years, 1828, from French Sothique, from Greek Sothis, an Egyptian name of the star Sirius. The Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius.
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