Found out what my bike's brand name means

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12-11-2006, 05:50 AM
Offthegrid

Found out what my bike's brand name means

I have a Litespeed Capella. I never actually looked up what Capella meant, and today I found out by accident while researching something else. It's actually the name of a star. I know, I'm a horrible owner for never checking it out. :D

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The name Capella means 'little she goat' in Latin, as in Roman mythology the star represented the goat Amalthea that suckled Jupiter. It was this goat whose horn, after accidentally being broken off by Jupiter, was transformed into the Cornucopia, or "horn of plenty", which would be filled with whatever its owner desired.

My bicycle's name means "little she goat"?!?!? I'm riding a goat?! :p ;) :D Too funny.
12-11-2006, 06:21 AM
Bikingmomof3

Your bike has an interesting history. :D
12-11-2006, 07:07 AM
Bad JuJu

A goat, yes, but from the mythological background, a goat that supports greatness--yours!

And remember that the name Capella is, after all, the name of a STAR.

Pretty cool, if you ask me.
12-11-2006, 07:21 AM
Chimiska

And from my dictionary:
Ca·pel·la [kə péllə]
n
bright star: a double star that is the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, approximately 46 light-years from Earth

Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

And when you said Capella, I thought "a capella":

a cap·pel·la [ kəpéllə, à kəpéllə]
adv , adj
by voices only: without accompaniment from musical instruments

[Late 19th century. From Italian a cappella , literally “by the choir,” that is, “in the style of church music.”]
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Music of the stars on wheels! Enjoy
12-11-2006, 09:46 AM
bcipam

Hey it sounds pretty! I just wouldn't tell anyone what it means! :p
12-11-2006, 10:03 AM
spokewench

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Originally Posted by Offthegrid

I have a Litespeed Capella. I never actually looked up what Capella meant, and today I found out by accident while researching something else. It's actually the name of a star. I know, I'm a horrible owner for never checking it out. :D

My bicycle's name means "little she goat"?!?!? I'm riding a goat?! :p ;) :D Too funny.

At least little she goats are GREAT AT CLIMBING!
12-11-2006, 01:01 PM
lph

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Originally Posted by Chimiska

[Late 19th century. From Italian a cappella , literally “by the choir,” that is, “in the style of church music.”]

Well, thank heavens "a cappella" means singing in the style of church music, and not singing like a little she goat... :p