capella

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-02-26
Primary meaning Capella (α Aurigae)
Literal translation little goat
Variants
capella
Edited by
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2008,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {capella ({Lemma} #2008)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2008/},
}