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Definition of Canicular
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the dog days of summer. "The canicular heat of the Deep South"
2. Adjective. Relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star). "Canicular days"
Definition of Canicular
1. a. Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
Definition of Canicular
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the dog days ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the ancient Egyptian cycle of 1460 years, or the year from one rising of Sirius to the next ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canicular
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canicular
Literary usage of Canicular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"For, since the canicular period commenced when the 1st of Thoth fell on the 20th
of July, in the year 1322 Bc, we may assign this date to ..."
2. A Dissertation on the Calendar and Zodiac of Ancient Egypt: With Remarks on by William Mure (1832)
"SECTION L GENERAL REMARKS ON THE EGYPTIAN YEAR AND canicular CYCLE. THOSE who
have devoted any attention to the antiquities of Egypt, will be aware, ..."
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