Galea, galeæ. Plin. An helmet or sallet.Nitor galcæ.Ouid. Ærea galea. Virg.Aurea.Virg. Comans. Virg.Cristata.Liu. Insignis. Virg.Teretes galeæ. Sta. Terribilem cristis galeã. Vir. Exuere galeam.Ouid.To put off his helmet.Imponere galeam alicui.Ouid.To putte an helmet on ones head. Induere galeam. Cæs. To put on an helmet.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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). 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. kune/h): 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.—II.Transf., the crest of the Guinea fowl, Col. 8, 2, 2.