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gălērum , i, n. (also gălērus , i, m., Verg. A. 7, 688: gălēra , ae, f., C. Gracch. in Charis. p. 61 P.) [galea],
I.a helmet-like covering for the head, made of undressed skin, the Gr. κυνέη, a cap, bonnet, hat (cf.: pileus, petasus, apex).
I. Lit.: flamen Dialis solus album habet galerum, Varr. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 32; so of a priest's cap, App. Mag. p. 288; cf.: “Suetonius tria genera pileorum dixit, quibus sacerdotes utuntur, apicem, tutulum, galerum ... galerum pileum ex pelle hostiae caesae,” Serv. Verg. A. 2, 683: “fulvosque lupi de pelle galeros Tegmen habent capiti,” Verg. A. 7, 688 (galerus est genus pilei, quod Fronto genere neutro dicit hoc galerum, Serv. ad h. l.); so Verg. M. 121; Suet. Ner. 26; Grat. Cyneg. 340; Calp. Ecl. 1, 7; Juv. 8, 208; Stat. Th. 1, 305. —
II. Transf.
A. A kind of peruke, Suet. Ner. 26 Ruhnk.; Juv. 6, 120.—
B. A rose-bud, Aus. Idyll. 14, 25.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.688
    • Suetonius, Nero, 26
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.15.32
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