Sothis

[ soh-this ]

/ ˈsoʊ θɪs /

noun

the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.

Origin of Sothis

< Greek Sṓthis < Egyptian spdt

Related formsSo·thic

[soh-thik, soth-ik] /ˈsoʊ θɪk, ˈsɒθ ɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sothic

An illustration will show how the Sothic cycle helps in determining dates.
Archology and the Bible|George 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
Probably neither the Sothic nor any other era was employed by the ancient Egyptians, who dated solely by regnal years (see below).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1|Various
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

British Dictionary definitions for sothic (1 of 2)

Sothic

/ (ˈsəʊθɪk, ˈsɒθ-) /

adjective

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

Word Origin for Sothic

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

British Dictionary definitions for sothic (2 of 2)

Sothis

/ (ˈsəʊθɪs) /

noun

another name for Sirius

Word Origin for Sothis

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.