Sothic

/ ˈsəʊθɪk; ˈsɒθ- /

adjective

Origin of Sothic¹

C19: from Greek Sōthis, from Egyptian, name of Sirius

This period, measured thus by the heliacal rising of Sothis, is spoken of as the Sothic cycle.

To what Sothic cycle are these 443 years or xv generations said to belong?

The greatest aid in fixing Egyptian chronology is the Sothic Cycle.

It is this Sothic period which Manetho has employed in his account of Egyptian history.

An illustration will show how the Sothic cycle helps in determining dates.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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