galea

Borrowed from Latin galea. Doublet of galley.

galea (plural galeae)

1. A Roman helmet.
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.

• galeiform, galeate, galeated

• algae, algæ

From Byzantine Greek γαλέα (galéa), from γαλια (galia, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).

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

galea f (plural galee)

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

   Synonym: galera

• galeazza
• galeone
• galeotto

From Latin galea.

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

galea f (plural galee)

1. helmet (Roman leather helmet)

   Synonyms: casco, caschetto, elmo, elmetto

• galea aponeurotica

• galea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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.[1]

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

galea f (genitive galeae); first declension

1. a helmet.

First-declension noun.

• galeātus

• galēriculum
• galērītus
• galērum

• “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, 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, 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 (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 27

• Algae

galea f (plural galeas)

1. Obsolete spelling of galera

• “galea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014