[L. capella she-goat.] Proper name of a star of the first magnitude in Auriga.
1682. Sir T. Browne, Chr. Mor., 121. The time might come when capella, a noble northern star, would have its motion in the æquator.
1868. Lockyer, Elem. Astron., § 62. 24. We read … that Capella, which is now pale blue, was also red.
