capella
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English
capella capellae N F :: chapel; choir; [a capella => unaccompanied (song); ~ magister => choirmaster]
capella capella capellae N F :: she-goat; meteor type; star in constellation Auriga (rising in rainy season)
capella capella capellae N F :: dirty fellow, old goat; man with a goat-like beard; body odor
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
căpella: ae, f.
dim. caper; cf.: puer, puella,
I a she-goat.
I Lit., Col. 7, 6, 4; Cat. 19, 16; 20, 10; Tib. 1, 1, 31; Verg. E. 7, 3; 10, 7; Hor. Epod. 16, 49; id. S. 1, 1, 110; id. Ep. 1, 7, 86; Ov. M. 13, 691 al.—A piece of statuary, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87.—
2 As a term of reproach, a dirty fellow, Amm. 17, 12; 24, 8 (cf. canicula).—
II A star on the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (usu. called capra), Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 248; rising in the rainy season; hence, sidus pluviale capellae, Ov. M. 3, 594: signum pluviale, id. F. 5, 113.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) căpella,¹¹ æ, f., dim. de capra, petite chèvre ; [ordint] chèvre : Lucr. 6, 970 ; Virg. B. 7, 3 || [terme injurieux] Amm. 17, 12 || la Chèvre [étoile de la constellation du Cocher] : Plin. 18, 248 ; [annonce la saison pluvieuse] Ov. F. 5, 113.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) capella1, ae, f. (Demin. v. capra), I) die (kleine) Ziege (Ggstz. hircus), Cic., Catull. u.a. – II) übtr., die Ziege, ein Stern erster Größe im Fuhrmann, dessen Erscheinen (1. Mai) Regen brachte, c. pluvialis, Plin. 18, 248: sidus pluviale capellae, Ov. met. 3, 594; fast. 5, 113.
