“Sothic”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Sothic

释义

Sothic, a.|ˈsɒθɪk, ˈsəʊθɪk|
[f. Gr. σῶθις, an Egyptian name of Sirius, the dog-star.]
1. Sothic cycle or Sothic period, a period of 1460 full years, containing 1461 of the ancient Egyptian ordinary years.
1828Wilkinson Materia Hierog. App. i. p. ii, This period is called ‘the Sothic period’.1860R. S. Poole in W. Smith Dict. Bible I. 506/1 Egypt, The Egyptians are known to have used two great cycles, the Sothic Cycle and the Tropical Cycle.1892S. Laing Human Origins (1893) 117 They had invented a sothic cycle for the odd quarter of a day.
2. Sothic year, a year of 365¹/₄ days, in contrast to the ordinary Egyptian year of 365 days.
1828Wilkinson Materia Hierog. App. i. p. i, As the Egyptian Solar year, in every four years, loses a day of the Sothic.1860R. S. Poole in W. Smith Dict. Bible I. 505/2 Egypt, There appear to have been at least three years in use with the Egyptians.., the Vague Year, the Tropical Year, and the Sothic Year.

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