galerum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From galea (“helmet”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

galērum n (genitive galērī); second declension

a helmet made of skins
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

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.