See also:

• CAPRICORNUS (:` THE GOAT ")

CAPRICORNUS (:` THE See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

GOAT ")  , in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the tenth sign of the See also:

• ZODIAC (o i'w&arcds rvKcXor, from d,&ov, " a little animal ")

zodiac (q.v.), represented by the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol T2 ° intended to denote the crooked horns of this See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal . The word is derived from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• CAPER, FLAVIUS

caper, a See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat, and See also:

• CORNU, MARIE

cornu, a See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn . It is also a See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:

• EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.C.) ; See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy and Tycho See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe catalogued 28 stars, See also:

• HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius gave 29 . It was represented by the ancients as a creature having the forepart a goat, and the hindpart a See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, or sometimes simply as a goat . An interesting member of this constellation is a-Capricorn, a pair of stars of 3rd and 4th magnitudes, each of which has a See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of the 9th magnitude .