〈aries〉 ‘Aries’
〈trabs〉 ‘board’
〈globus〉 ‘sphere’
〈fax〉 ‘torch’
〈haedus〉 ‘the Young Goat’
capra
Latin noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | the She-goat |
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| Literal translation | she-goat |
| Variants | capra |
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the She-goat constellation
In Arietis parte XXX., quae pars totum signum supra terram semper ostendit, exoritur Capra, quam fabulosi poetae alimenta volunt Iovi inmulsisse nutricia.
‘At the 30th degree of Aries which always holds the whole sign above the earth rises the She-goat. The poets said she was the fabled nurse of Jupiter.’
Goat celestial phenomenon
a fireball phenomenon
satius erit de re ipsa quaerere quam mirari quid ita Aristoteles globum ignis appellaverit capram. Talis enim fuit forma eius qui bellum adversus Persen Paulo gerente lunari magnitudine apparuit.
‘It will be more appropriate to investigate the phenomenon itself rather than to wonder why Aristotle has called a ball of fire a Goat. Actually, that was the shape of a fire which did appear, about the size of the moon, when Paulus was waging war against Perseus.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). capra (Lemma #1466). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1466/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). capra (Lemma #1466). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1466/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). capra (Lemma #1466). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1466/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) capra (Lemma #1466), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1466/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1466,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2025},
title = {capra ({Lemma} #1466)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1466/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1466/},
}