Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Capsella
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich.
CAPSEL'LA. A double diminutive of CAPSA; a very small box, in which were kept dried fruits (Ulp. Dig. 33. 7. 12.), or women's trinkets; sometimes suspended from a chain round their necks. Pet. Sat. 67. 9.