Sothic cycle

noun

1. (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sothic cycle¹

First recorded in 1855–60; Soth(is) + -ic

Example Sentences

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.

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A new Sothic cycle began in a.d.

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This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.

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