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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).

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. II. Trop.: galeatus prologus, i. e. in which one defends himself, Hier. praef. S. Script.

gălēna, ae, f.

  1. I. Lead-ore, Plin. 34, 18, 53, § 159; 33, 6, 31, § 95.
  2. II. Dross that remains after melting lead, Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 159.

† gălĕopsis, is, f., = γαλίοψις, also galeobdolon or galion, n., = γαλεόβδολον and γάλιον, a plant of the nettle kind, blind-nettle, Plin. 27, 9, 57, § 81.

* gălĕŏla, ae, f. dim. [galea], a hollow vessel shaped like a helmet, Varr. ap. Non. 547, 23.

‡ gălĕos, l, m., = γαλεός, a kind of shark or dog-fish, Plin. 32, 2, 12, § 25.

Gălĕōtae, ārum, m., = Γαλεῶται, a sort of interpreters of prodigies in Sicily: huic (Dionysio) interpretes portentorum, qui Galeotae tum in Sicilia nominabantur, responderunt, etc., Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39.

† gălĕōtes, ae, m., = γαλεώτης, a sort of lizard, Plin. 29, 4, 28, § 60.

gălērum, i, n. (also gălērus, i, m., Verg. A. 7, 688: gălēra, ae, f., C. Gracch. in Charis. p. 61 P.) [galea], a helmet-like covering for the head, made of undressed skin, the Gr. κυνέη, a cap, bonnet, hat (cf.: pileus, petasus, apex).

  1. I. Lit.: flamen Dialis solus album habet galerum, Varr. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 32; so of a priest’s cap, App. Mag. p. 288; cf.: Suetonius tria genera pileorum dixit, quibus sacerdotes utuntur, apicem, tutulum, galerum … galerum pileum ex pelle hostiae caesae, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 683: fulvosque lupi de pelle galeros Tegmen habent capiti, Verg. A. 7, 688 (galerus est genus pilei, quod Fronto genere neutro dicit hoc galerum, Serv. ad h. l.); so Verg. M. 121; Suet. Ner. 26; Grat. Cyneg. 340; Calp. Ecl. 1, 7; Juv. 8, 208; Stat. Th. 1, 305.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A kind of peruke, Suet. Ner. 26 Ruhnk.; Juv. 6, 120.
    2. B. A rose-bud, Aus. Idyll. 14, 25.

Gălēria, ae, v. Galerius.

Gălērĭus (scanned Gālĕrĭus, Prud. στεφ. 7, 6), a, name of a Roman gens. So,

    1. 1. Galerius Maximianus, who reigned as emperor with Constantius Chlorus from A. D. 305, and died 311, Eutr. 9 sq.; Lact. de Mort. Pers. 10.
    2. 2. Galerius Trachalus, a famous orator under Otho, Tac. H. 1, 90; 2, 60.
      In fem.: Galeria, ae, wife of the emperor Vitellius, Tac. H. 2, 60; 64; Suet. Vit. 6.
      Galeria tribus, one of the tribās rusticae, Liv. 27, 6, 3.

gălērĭcŭlum, i, n. dim. [galerum], a small covering for the head, a cap, Mart. 14, 50 in lemm.; Front. S. 4, 7, 29.
A kind of peruke, Suet. Oth. 12; cf. galerum, II. A.

gălērītus, a, um, adj. [galerum], that wears a hood.

  1. I. Lit.: prima galeritus posuit praetoria Lygmon, i. e. a peasant, rustic, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 29.
  2. II. Transf.: galerita avis, the crested lark, Alauda cristata, Linn.; Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121; 30, 7, 20, § 62; called also, subst.: galeritus, i, m. (sc. ales), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.

Gălaesus (also Gălēs-), i, m.

  1. I. Γαλαῖσος, Polyb., a river of Magna Grœcia, near Tarento, now Galeso, Liv. 25, 11; Hor. C. 2, 6, 10; Verg. G. 4, 126; Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 67; Mart. 12, 63, 3.
  2. II. A wealthy Latin farmer, Verg. A. 7, 535; 575.

Galēsus, i, v. Galaesus.