Sothis

American  

[soh-this] / ˈsoʊ θɪs /

noun

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

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Sothis British  

/ ˈsəʊθɪs /

noun

1. another name for Sirius

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Other Word Forms

• Sothic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Sothis

< Greek Sṓthis < Egyptian spdt

Example Sentences

The seven great gods were followed by the twelve gods of the second rank, Thoth, Anubis, Chunsu, &c., in reigns of gradually diminishing length through a certain number of Sothis periods.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

This Sothis period commenced either in the year 5702 B.C., or, according to the arrangement of Lepsius, with the year 4242 B.C.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

It seems that the priests comprised the whole duration of the world in twenty-five Sothis periods, i. e. in 36,525 Egyptian years.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The more precise fixing of new year's day was accomplished through observation of the time of the so-called heliacal rising of the dog-star, Sirius, which bore the Egyptian name Sothis.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

Page 475—Sotis amended to Sothis—"Rise, as radiant as Isis, rise as Sothis rises ..."

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander