Sothic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sothic in British English: UK ['səuθik; 'sɔ-]
How to pronounce Sothic in American English: US
Word Origin
- Sothic (adj.)
- as in Sothic cycle, a period of 1,460 years, 1828, from French Sothique, from Greek Sothis, an Egyptian name of the star Sirius. The Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius.