capella

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-02-26
Meanings
Literal translation
little goat
Categories
star
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1. Capella (α Aurigae)

1.a Capella (α Aurigae) star

hunc subeunt Haedi claudentes sidere pontum, nobilis et mundi nutrito rege Capella,

‘Him follow the Kids e that with their constellation close the seas, and the goat famed for having suckled the king of heaven;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.365 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 32-33

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). capella (Lemma #2008). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). capella (Lemma #2008). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). capella (Lemma #2008). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) capella (Lemma #2008), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2008,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {capella ({Lemma} #2008)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/},
}