canicular days

Significado (Inglês)

Synonym of dog days.

Conceitos

canícula

Sinônimos

dog days

canicule

silly season

Traduções

canícula

canicule

canicola

solleone

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.