canicular days

Significat (Anglès)

Synonym of dog days.

Conceptes

canícula

Sinònims

dog days

canicule

silly season

Traduccions

canicule

canicola

solleone

canícula

Etimologia (Anglès)

Calque of Latin diēs caniculārēs (literally “puppy days”), from Canīcula (“the Puppy”), a semantic loan of Ancient Greek Κῠ́ων (Kúōn, “the Dog”) in reference to Sirius, which appears in Epic Greek as κῠ́ων Ὠρίωνος (kúōn Ōríōnos, literally “Orion’s dog”) in its elided accusative form κύν’ Ὠρίωνος (kún’ Ōríōnos) in Iliad XXII.22.