galerum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From galea (“helmet”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈleː.rum/, [ɡäˈɫ̪eːrʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.rum/, [ɡäˈlɛːrum]

Noun

galērum n (genitive galērī); second declension

a helmet made of skins
bonnet, cap

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	galērum	galēra
Genitive	galērī	galērōrum
Dative	galērō	galērīs
Accusative	galērum	galēra
Ablative	galērō	galērīs
Vocative	galērum	galēra

Related terms

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.

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