galerum

Latin

Alternative forms

• galēra
• galērus

Etymology

From galea (“helmet”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈɫeː.rũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡaˈlɛː.rum]

Noun

galērum n (genitive galērī); second declension

1. a helmet made of skins
2. bonnet, cap

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	galērum	galēra
genitive	galērī	galērōrum
dative	galērō	galērīs
accusative	galērum	galēra
ablative	galērō	galērīs
vocative	galērum	galēra

Related terms

• galea
• galēriculum
• galērītus

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • ⇒ Romanian: caier
• Borrowed:
  • → Italian: galero
  • → Middle French: galeron
    • ⇒ French: galurin
  • → Portuguese: galero
  • → Spanish: galero

References

• “galerum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “galerum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.