galea

See also: Galea, gálea, and gàlea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin galea. Doublet of galley.

Noun

galea (plural galeae)

1. A Roman helmet.
   • 1847, “The Wellington Statue”, in The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c., London, page 523, column 2:

     The horse was not in the least like a Greek horse (nor even a Trojan), and F.M. the Duke of Wellington was not represented with the ensis or short sword in his grasp, the chlamys flying from his shoulder, or the paludamentum, as more suitable for the cool of the English climate (totidem divisos orbe &c.), the kothornos on his leg, the galea slung at the crupper? no reins, and his naked nether-man, not (as in these precious models) seated on the bare back of the bull-necked, square-jawed, dray-limbed steed.

2. (botany) A part of a flower or plant that is shaped like a helmet or hood.
3. (entomology) A mouthpart found in some species of insect; a flap that is part of the maxilla, so-called after the flaps attached to the sides of a Roman 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

Roman helmet

• Catalan: gàlea (ca) f
• Spanish: gálea f

Anagrams

• algae, algæ

Italian

Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: ga‧lè‧a

Noun

galea f (plural galee)

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

   Synonym: galera

Derived terms

• galeazza
• galeone
• galeotto

Etymology 2

From Latin galea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.le.a/
• Rhymes: -alea
• Hyphenation: gà‧le‧a

Noun

galea f (plural galee)

1. helmet (Roman leather helmet)

   Synonyms: casco, caschetto, elmo, elmetto

Related terms

• galea aponeurotica

Further reading

• galea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Latin

galea Romana

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.le.a/, [ˈɡäɫ̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.le.a/, [ˈɡäːleä]

Noun

galea f (genitive galeae); first declension

1. a helmet.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	galea	galeae
genitive	galeae	galeārum
dative	galeae	galeīs
accusative	galeam	galeās
ablative	galeā	galeīs
vocative	galea	galeae

Derived terms

• galeātus

Related terms

• galēriculum
• galērītus
• galērum

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old French: jalle (“type of large bowl”)
    • Middle French: jaille (“bucket”), jasle (“tub”)
    • Angevin: jâille (“rubbish”)
  • Sicilian: gaddźa (“coxcomb”) (Calabria)
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: gàlea
  • → English: galea
  • → Italian: galea
  • → Spanish: gálea

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “galea”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 27

Anagrams

• Algae

Spanish

Noun

galea f (plural galeas)

1. Obsolete spelling of galera.

Further reading

• “galea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28