galērītus, a, um, adj. id., that wears a hood. Lit.: prima galeritus posuit praetoria Lygmon, i. e. a peasant, rustic, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 29.

— Transf.: galerita avis, the crested lark, Alauda cristata, Linn.; Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121; 30, 7, 20, § 62; called also, subst.: galeritus, i, m. (sc. ales), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Mull.