Crossword-Solution: ACRONICAL
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| occurring at sunset | 1 answer |
| Night | 70 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERETA
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greedy person
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Sentences with ACRONICAL (4)
The Pleiades were often associated with the late autumn, as Aratus writes-- "Men mark them rising with Sol's setting light, Forerunners of the winter's gloomy night." This is what is technically known as the "acronical rising" of the Pleiades, their rising at sunset; in contrast to their "heliacal rising," their rising just before daybreak, which ushered in the spring time.
This acronical rising has led to the association of the group with the rainy season, and with floods.
This season being marked by the acronical rising of the Pleiades, that group has become associated with such observances.
The rising of Orion at sunset--his acronical rising--was early in December, about the time when the coldest season of the year begins.