capra, ae, f. [caper],
I a she-goat , Cato ap. Charis. p. 79 P.; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 1 sq.; Col. 7, 6 sq.; Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 200; Cic. Lael. 17, 62 al.: fera = caprea, Verg. A. 4, 152.— A nickname for a man with bristly hair , Suet. Calig. 50; cf. caper.—
II Transf.
A A star in the constellation Auriga (which is Amalthea, transf to heaven), Hor. C. 3, 7, 6; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110.—
B The odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 29.—
C A cognomen of the Annii, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10.—
D Caprae Palus, the place in Rome where Romulus disappeared in the Campus , where afterwards was the Circus Flaminius , Liv. 1, 16, 1 (in Ov. F. 2, 491, Caprea Palus; acc. to Fest. p. 49, also called Capralia).