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|lshtext=<b>gălĕa</b>: ae, f. [[kindred]] to Sancr. jal, to [[cover]]; cf. celare,<br /><b>I</b> 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).<br /><b>I</b> 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. [[κυνέη]]>): 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[crest]] of the Guinea [[fowl]], Col. 8, 2, 2.