Definition of Sothec
{ So"thi*ac (?), Soth"ic (?) },
a. Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian
name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star;
canicular.
Sothiac, or Sothic,
year (Chronol.), the Egyptian year of 365
days and 6 hours, as distinguished from the Egyptian vague
year, which contained 365 days. The Sothic period consists
of 1,460 Sothic years, being equal to 1,461 vague years. One of these
periods ended in July, a. d. 139.
{ So"thi*ac (?), Soth"ic (?) },
a. Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian
name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star;
canicular.
Sothiac, or Sothic,
year (Chronol.), the Egyptian year of 365
days and 6 hours, as distinguished from the Egyptian vague
year, which contained 365 days. The Sothic period consists
of 1,460 Sothic years, being equal to 1,461 vague years. One of these
periods ended in July, a. d. 139.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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