galeo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. galea, to cover with a helmet. Lit.: milites in campo jubet galeari, Auct. B. Afr. 12 fin.; Cinna ap. Non. 87, 28: et barbati quidem Jovis, galeatae Minervae, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100: galeati et distincti centuriones, Front. S. 11, 1, 27.

—Subst.: galeātus, i, m., a helmed warrior, Juv. 1, 169.

—Plur., Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 3.

— Trop.: galeatus prologus, i. e. in which one defends himself, Hier. praef. S. Script.