Alea
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
(2): ( n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
(3): ( n.) A kind of bandage for the head.
(4): ( n.) Headache extending all over the head.
(5): ( n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
in Greek mythology, was a surname of Minerva at Tegea, in Arcadia, after Aleus, son of king Aphidas of Arcadia, who built the temple of Minerva at Tegea;. When this temple was destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt in a much more beautiful style by Scopas, one of the most famous architects of Greece. Pausanias relates that the statue of the goddess was so exquisitely beautiful that Augustus had it conveyed to Rome.
