Sothis
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Before the Sothis period of the kings, the gods had ruled over Egypt, to whom, therefore, a number of Sothis cycles, naturally more extensive than those given to the rule of men, was allotted.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
The legs of Sothis are stablished, and I am born in their state of rest.”
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson
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
Page 475—Sotis amended to Sothis—"Rise, as radiant as Isis, rise as Sothis rises ..."
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
The seven great gods were followed by the twelve gods of the second rank, Thoth, Anubis, Chunsu, &c., in reigns of gradually diminishing length through a certain number of Sothis periods.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
