galea
English
Etymology
Noun
galea (plural galeae)
- A Roman helmet.
- (botany) An organ or a part of a plant that is shaped like a galea (helmet).
- (entomology) A mouthpart found in some species of chewing insect, which is shaped like a galea (helmet).
- (surgery) A kind of bandage for the head.
- (medicine) A headache extending all over the head.
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Translations
Roman helmet
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Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek γαλέα (galéa), from γαλια (galia, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).
Noun
galea f (plural galee)
- (nautical) galley (slender Mediterranean ship propelled primarily by oars and sails)
- Synonym: galera
- helmet (roman leather helmet)
Derived terms
Further reading
galea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
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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.[1]
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
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | galea | galeae |
Genitive | galeae | galeārum |
Dative | galeae | galeīs |
Accusative | galeam | galeās |
Ablative | galeā | galeīs |
Vocative | galea | galeae |
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
(deprecated template usage) galeā f
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
- 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
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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