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单词 canicular days
释义

canicular days

English

Etymology

From Latin diēs caniculārēs (puppy days), from Canīcula (the Puppy),[1] a calque of the Ancient Greek Κῠ́ων (Kúōn, the Dog) in reference to Sirius, which appears in Homeric Greek as "Orion's dog".[2]

Noun

canicular days pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of dog days.

References

  1. "canicular days, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. As κῠ́ων Ὠρίωνος (kúōn Ōríōnos) in its elided accusative form "κύν᾽ Ὠρίωνος" (kún'Ōríōnos) in Iliad XXII.22.
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