heliacal
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Brugsch states that the appearance of the said new moon, which was also associated with the heliacal rising of Sirius, would range from Aug.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
If therefore Ilioneus, according to our supposition, understand the heliacal rising of Orion, Anna must mean the achronical, which the different epithets given to that constellation seem to manifest.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden
The heliacal rising of a constellation is when it comes from under the rays of the sun, and begins to appear before daylight.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden
Dog-days, the name applied by the ancients to a period of about forty days, the hottest season of the year, at the time of the heliacal rising of Sirius, the dog-star.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
On the ceiling of the Memnonium at Thebes the heliacal rising of Sirius is represented under the form and name of Isis.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
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