heliacal

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The heliacal rising of Orion is at present computed to be about the 6th of July; and about that time it is that he either causes or presages tempests on the seas.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John

I do not see how the heliacal rising of Sirius in any one year could help them to determine its length.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

The dies caniculares, or dog-days, were reckoned to begin twenty days before, and to continue for twenty days after, the heliacal rising of Sirius, the dog-star.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

The Sothiac period, or that cycle in which the heliacal rising of Sirius passed the whole civil year, and took place again on the same day, was of 1461 years, not 14,601.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

We recognize to-day this "heliacal rising" of the stars.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)