I.a kind of armband, fillet (worn as an ornament, or for medical purposes): ‡ galbeum ornamenti genus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.: “‡ calbeos armillas dicebant, quibus triumphantes utebantur, et quibus ob virtutes milites donabantur,” id. p. 46; “Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ruscum, p. 265, a Müll.: alii (cognomen Galbae inde trahunt), quod in diuturna valetudine galbeo, id est remediis lana involutis assidue uteretur,” Suet. Galb. 3.
galbĕum , i, n., or galbĕus (anciently calbĕus ), i, m. ‡ galbus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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