Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or deriving from the name of Sothis.
- adjective Being the ancient Egyptian calendar year, consisting of 365 1/4 days.
- adjective Being a cycle consisting of 1,460 years of 365 days in the ancient Egyptian calendar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the dogstar, Sothis.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Sothic.
Examples
-
This period of 1460 Sirius years (1461 Egyptian years) received later the name Sothic period from Sothis, a Greek form of Sopdet, the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
-
It is the old Sothic, or annus quadratus, which became the Alexandrine under the Ptolemies; and which Sosigenes, the
The Land of Midian 2003
-
Phoenix; as among them are one of 600 years, the Great Year referred to by Josephus and others, and one of 1,461 years, which was the Sothic period of the Egyptians.
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
-
I will deal, now, with those manifestations which proclaimed themselves during the Sothic month of each year formerly associated with the
The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer 1921
-
Thus, when, contrary to my express orders, she has wandered abroad during the Sothic period, I have been enabled to trace her movements by the progressive howling of dogs.
The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer 1921
-
In some way she secretly gained admission to the house (the episode occurred during that Sothic month whose annual coming I had learned to dread).
The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer 1921
-
Long before the end of the first Sothic period it was found necessary to consider the first of Thoth as a New
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
-
This points clearly to the beginning of the Sothic period the first year of which fell on
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
-
The absence of eras in ancient Egypt is all the more remarkable as there were several periods which could easily have been utilized for that purpose, the Sothic period especially.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
-
Egyptian year and their Greek names (still in use with slight changes of orthography in the Coptic Calendar) and their respective dates of beginning according to the Julian Calendar, when I Thoth fell on the heliacal rising of Sirius, i.e., at the opening of the Sothic periods:
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.