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Sothiac

Sothiac is the alternative form of Sothic.

Meaning of Sothic

Adjective

Sothic (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or relating to the star Sirius, particularly in Egyptian or ancient Greek contexts.

Origin of Sothiac

From French sothiaque, ultimately from Ancient Greek σωθιακός (sōthiakós, “Sothic”), from Σῶθις (Sôthis, “Sirius”) and -κός (-kós, “-ic, forming adjectives”).

Questions about Sothiac

What is Sothiac the alternative form of?
Sothiac is the alternative form of Sothic.

Words near Sothiac in the dictionary

  1. sothe
  2. Sotheavy
  3. Sotheby
  4. Sotheby's
  5. sother
  6. Sothiac
  7. Sothiacal
  8. Sothic
  9. Sothic cycle
  10. Sothic cycles
  11. Sothic period

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sothiac (page history and authors); Sothic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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