Sirius
['siəriəs]
Definition
(n.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star.
Editor: Pasquale
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Canicula, dog-star.
Editor: Mary
Definition
n. the Dogstar or Canicula the brightest star in the heavens situated in the constellation of Canis Major or the Great Dog.—n. Sirī′asis sunstroke.
Editor: Nancy
Examples
- The name was applied by the ancients to a period of about forty days, the hottest season of the year, at the time of the rising of Sirius, the dog-star. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Not unnaturally Sirius was an object of worship. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Edited by Aaron