Sothis

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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

Thus to the Egyptians this star Sothis was "the Lady of the Beginning."

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

The Egyptians called it Sothis, and regarded it as the star of Isis, just as the Babylonians deemed the planet Venus the star of Astarte.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

The Egyptians worshipped the star as Sothis, and it was believed to be the abode of the soul of Isis.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

Sothic, sō′thik, 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.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various