canicular days

Betekenis (Engels)

Synonym of dog days.

Synoniemen

dog days

canicule

silly season

Vertalingen

canícula

canicule

canicola

solleone

canícula

Etymologie (Engels)

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.