Sothis

American  

[soh-this] / ˈsoʊ θɪs /

noun

1. the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.

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Sothis British  

/ ˈsəʊθɪs /

noun

1. another name for Sirius

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Other Word Forms

• Sothic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Sothis

< Greek Sṓthis < Egyptian spdt

Example Sentences

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 Duncker, Max

With regard to the reign of Rameses II., he refers to the festival of the Sothis period which was celebrated in the thirtieth year of his reign.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

Her soul resided in Sothis on the Dog-star.

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

Brugsch points out that, in certain inscriptions at Denderah translated by Mariette, “the Sothis star of Hathor-Isis is designated as ‘the right eye of Ra’ while the sun is termed the left eye.”

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

To the gods and demigods Manetho allows twelve Sothis periods, i. e. 17,520 Julian years.

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