galea

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin galea. === Noun === galea (plural galeae) A Roman helmet. (botany) A part of a flower or plant that is shaped like a helmet or hood. (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. (surgery) A kind of bandage for the head. (medicine) A headache extending all over the head. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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) (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) helmet (Roman leather helmet) Synonyms: casco, caschetto, elmo, elmetto ===== Related terms ===== galea aponeurotica === Further reading === galea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it == Latin == === 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.ɫe.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡaː.le.a] === Noun === galea f (genitive galeae); first declension a helmet. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== galeātus ==== Related terms ==== galēriculum galērītus galērum ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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. “galea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers galea in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (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) obsolete spelling of galera === Further reading === “galea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025