English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin galea. Doublet of galley.

Noun

galea (plural galeae)

1. A Roman helmet.
2. (botany) An organ or a part of a plant that is shaped like a galea (helmet).
3. (entomology) A mouthpart found in some species of chewing insect, which is shaped like a galea (helmet).
4. (surgery) A kind of bandage for the head.
5. (medicine) A headache extending all over the head.

Related terms

• galeiform, galeate, galeated

Translations

Anagrams

• algae, algæ

Italian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek (galéa), from (galia, "type of shellfish"), from Ancient Greek (galeós, "shark").

Noun

galea f (plural galee)

1. (nautical) galley (slender Mediterranean ship propelled primarily by oars and sails)

   Synonym: galera

2. helmet (roman leather helmet)

   Synonyms: casco, caschetto, elmo, elmetto

Derived terms

• galea aponeurotica
• galeaza
• galeone
• galeotto

Further reading

• galea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Latin

Roman galea

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek (galé?, "weasel, marten"), with a sense development "weasel, marten" -> "hide of weasel, marten" -> "helmet made of hide," from Proto-Indo-European *gli- ("weasel, mouse"), related to Latin glis.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /'?a.le.a/, ['?a.e.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /'?a.le.a/, ['?a:.l?.a]

Noun

galea f (genitive galeae); first declension

1. a helmet.
2. vocative singular of galea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• gal?riculum
• gal?r?tus
• gal?rum

Descendants

• Catalan: gàlea
• -> English: galea
• Spanish: gálea

Noun

gale? f

1. ablative singular of galea

References

• galea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• galea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• galea in Charles du Fresne du Cange's Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883-1887)
• galea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to put on one's helmet: galeam induere
    
• galea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• galea in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• galea in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin