heliacal
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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 Dryden, John
The heliacal rising of Orion is at present computed to be about the 6th of July; and about that time it is that he either causes or presages tempests on the seas.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John
They also possessed lists of the fixed stars, and drew up tables of the times of their heliacal risings.
From The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
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 Gore, J. Ellard
The dies caniculares, or dog-days, were reckoned to begin twenty days before, and to continue for twenty days after, the heliacal rising of Sirius, the dog-star.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel
