Difference between revisions of "Capricorn"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97317" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97317" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29995" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29995" /> == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
(2): (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a sign of the Zodiac, consisting of twenty-eight stars in the form of a goat. Some say Pan assumed this form when terrified at the giant Typhon, and was transferred by Jupiter to the heavens; while others assert that the constellation was the goat. Amalthea, which nourished Jupiter.
