Galerus

or galērum, dim. Galericŭlum (probably connected with galea, and so with γαλέη). Originally a cap of skin or fur, fitting close to the head, worn by rustics ( Moret. 122), hunters ( Cyneg. 340, where it is of badger-skin), gymnasts in the palaestra to keep the hair clean (Mart.xiv. 50), and by the old inhabitants of Latium instead of a helmet (Verg. Aen. vii. 688; cf. Cudo). For the galerus worn by various priests—e. g. the Pontifices Salii and Flamines and the albogalerus or albus galerus of the Dialis—see Apex. The word is also applied to a wig, the empti capilli of Ovid (A. A. iii. 165; cf. Caliendrum; Coma); worn not only from vanity or to conceal baldness (Oth. 12), but for the sake of disguise by profligates of both sexes in their nocturnal rambles (Juv.vi. 120, with the schol.); and on the stage as part of the make-up (Guhl and Koner, 5th ed. p. 762).