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gălĕa, ae, f. [kindred to Sancr. jal, to cover; cf. celare], a helmet (usually of leather), head-piece, morion (cf. cudo; the cassis, on the contrary, was made of metal plate: cassis de lamina est, galea de corio, Isid. Orig. 18, 14).
- I. Lit.: gestandust peregre clupeus, galea, sarcina, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195: vix uni alterive cassis aut galea, Tac. G. 6: ad galeas induendas tempus defuit, Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5; id. B. C. 3, 62, 1; 3, 63, 7; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200; Verg. G. 2, 142; id. A. 8, 620; 9, 365: aerea, Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 38 et saep. Furnished with a visor, Sil. 14, 636; Stat. Th. 4, 20.
Freq. and class. also of brazen helmets (cf. so the Gr. κυνέη): tinnit hastilibus umbo Aerato sonitu galeae, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 433 Vahl.): loricae galeaeque aeneae, caelatae opere Corinthio, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97: aerea, Verg. A. 5, 491: leves, Hor. C. 1, 2, 38; cf.: seu caput abdiderat cristata casside pennis, in galea formosus erat, Ov. M. 8, 25.
- II. Transf., the crest of the Guinea fowl, Col. 8, 2, 2.
‡ galearia a galearum similitudine dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.
gălĕārĭi, ōrum, m. [galea], a kind of soldiers’ servants, Veg. Mil. 3, 6.
* gălĕāris, e, adj. [galea], of or belonging to a helmet, helmet-: reticula, Quadrig. ap. Non. 222, 2.
gălĕātus, i, m., v. galeo.
gălĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [galea], to cover with a helmet.
- I. Lit.: milites in campo jubet galeari, Auct. B. Afr. 12 fin.; Cinna ap. Non. 87, 28: et barbati quidem Jovis, galeatae Minervae, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100: galeati et distincti centuriones, Front. S. 11, 1, 27.
Subst.: găleātus, i, m., a helmed warrior, Juv. 1, 169.
Plur., Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 3.
- II. Trop.: galeatus prologus, i. e. in which one defends himself, Hier. praef. S. Script.