galbĕum, i, n., or galbĕus (anciently calbĕus), i, m. [‡ galbus], 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.