noun

Căpella

gen. Căpellae · gender masculine · decl. 1st

a Roman proper name

a Roman proper name.

An elegiac poet

An elegiac poet, Ov. P. 4, 16, 36. —

a teacher of rhetoric

Capella Antistius, a teacher of rhetoric, Lampr. Comm. 1, 6.—

a learned grammarian of Madaura; in Africa; in the second half of the fifth century;

Martianus Mineus Felix Capella, a learned grammarian of Madaura, in Africa, in the second half of the fifth century; his Satyricon treats of the liberal arts.—Hence, Căpel-lĭānus, a um, adj., belonging to a Capella, Mart. 11, 31, 17.

Perseus ID: n6590 Key: Capella2