galea

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. kuneê): 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.