Sothis

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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

Then followed, beginning like the rest with the beginning of a Sothis period, the rule of human kings.

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

After this, according to some authorities, began the period of human rulers; others allotted four Sothis periods, i. e.

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

Her soul resided in Sothis on the Dog-star.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

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 Glovatski, Alexander