Sothic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sothiac \So"thi*ac\, Sothic \Soth"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog
     Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.
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     {Sothiac year}, or {Sothic year} (Chronol.), the Egyptian


        year of 365 days and 6 hours, as distinguished from the
        Egyptian vague year, which contained 365 days. The Sothic
        period consists of 1,460 Sothic years, being equal to
        1,461 vague years. One of these periods ended in July, a.
        d. 139.
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