Sothiacadj.

/ˈsəʊθɪək/

Etymology: < French sothiaque: see Sothic adj. and -ac suffix.

1. = Sothic adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xiii. 100 The Egyptians..lost one year in every 14601 [sic],—their Sothiac period.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 267/1 It is obvious that 1461 years of 365 days each, make 1460 years of 365¼ days. This period of 1460 Julian years was the Sothiac period.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude (1883) vii. 151 The..scholar..who can unearth for me the buried dynasties of Sesostris and Ptolemy, the Sothiac era [etc.].

2. = Sothic adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1877 R. S. Poole in Encycl. Brit. VII. 729/2 Consisting of 1460 Sothiac and 1461 vague years.

1887 J. P. Mahaffy Alexander's Empire (1890) xv. 158 (note) This attempted reform of the calendar, by introducing the Sothiac year of 365 days and a quarter, is very interesting.

Derivatives

Soˈthiacal adj. [ < French sothiacal.]

ΚΠ

1795 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) I. i. iii. 101 This cycle of 1461 was called in Egypt the great Canicular year, or Sothiacal period.

1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man viii. §5. 451 (note) The cycle of Nabonassar or the Sothiacal year.

1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man viii. §5. 451 More than the whole Sothiacal period.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	sothiac
释义	Sothiacadj. /ˈsəʊθɪək/ Etymology: < French sothiaque: see Sothic adj. and -ac suffix. 1. = Sothic adj. 1. ΚΠ 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xiii. 100 The Egyptians..lost one year in every 14601 [sic],—their Sothiac period. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 267/1 It is obvious that 1461 years of 365 days each, make 1460 years of 365¼ days. This period of 1460 Julian years was the Sothiac period. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude (1883) vii. 151 The..scholar..who can unearth for me the buried dynasties of Sesostris and Ptolemy, the Sothiac era [etc.]. 2. = Sothic adj. 2. ΚΠ 1877 R. S. Poole in Encycl. Brit. VII. 729/2 Consisting of 1460 Sothiac and 1461 vague years. 1887 J. P. Mahaffy Alexander's Empire (1890) xv. 158 (note) This attempted reform of the calendar, by introducing the Sothiac year of 365 days and a quarter, is very interesting. Derivatives Soˈthiacal adj. [ < French sothiacal.] ΚΠ 1795 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) I. i. iii. 101 This cycle of 1461 was called in Egypt the great Canicular year, or Sothiacal period. 1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man viii. §5. 451 (note) The cycle of Nabonassar or the Sothiacal year. 1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man viii. §5. 451 More than the whole Sothiacal period. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1795
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