Calippic /(?)/
Ca·lip·pic
Calippic
a.
- Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
Phrases & Compounds
- Calippic period
- a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more.