英语词汇“Sothic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Sothic

/ˈsəʊθɪk

/ /ˈsɒθɪk/

adjective

Relating to Sirius (the Dog Star), especially with reference to the ancient Egyptian year fixed by its heliacal rising.Thus, no calculation of a New Year's Day starting point can be made, and this Sothic date is of no use....

Of Meyer's four Sothic dates, the oldest has been abandoned and there is uncertainty about the second.
Each ‘hundred’ years is thus one Sothic cycle, one procession of the constellations.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek Sōthis (from an Egyptian name of the Dog Star) + -ic.

单词	Sothic
释义	Sothic /ˈsəʊθɪk / /ˈsɒθɪk/ adjective Relating to Sirius (the Dog Star), especially with reference to the ancient Egyptian year fixed by its heliacal rising.Thus, no calculation of a New Year's Day starting point can be made, and this Sothic date is of no use.... Of Meyer's four Sothic dates, the oldest has been abandoned and there is uncertainty about the second. Each ‘hundred’ years is thus one Sothic cycle, one procession of the constellations. Origin Early 19th century: from Greek Sōthis (from an Egyptian name of the Dog Star) + -ic.
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