Sothic

[sәuθik]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.

Editor: Sallust

Definition

adj. of or pertaining to the dog-star Sothis or Sirius.—Sothic cycle or period a period of 1460 years; Sothic year the ancient Egyptian fixed year according to the heliacal rising of Sirius.

Checker: Nona