Sothic
Meanings
adj
- Of or relating to the star Sirius, particularly in Egyptian or ancient Greek contexts.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Sothis (“Sirius”) + -ic (forming adjectives), a variant of earlier Sothiac, from French sothiaque, ultimately from Ancient Greek σωθιακός (sōthiakós, “Sothic”), from Σῶθις (Sôthis, “Sirius”) and -κός (-kós, “-ic”, forming adjectives).
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