Calippic \Ca*lip"pic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
{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.