canicular days

Signification (Anglais)

Synonym of dog days.

Concepts

canicule

Synonymes

dog days

canicule

silly season

Traductions

canícula

canicola

solleone

canícula

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.