heliacal

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Dog-days, the name applied by the ancients to a period of about forty days, the hottest season of the year, at the time of the heliacal rising of Sirius, the dog-star.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Swart star: the Dogstar, called swarthy because its heliacal rising in ancient times occurred soon after mid-summer. moist vows: either tearful prayers, or prayers for one at sea.

From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner

On the ceiling of the Memnonium at Thebes the heliacal rising of Sirius is represented under the form and name of Isis.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

The heliacal rising of a constellation is when it comes from under the rays of the sun, and begins to appear before daylight.

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

In about a month, followed the Stars of the Husbandman; the chief of them, Ras, Mirach, and Arcturus, being very nearly simultaneous in their heliacal rising.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert