Petellia

Pĕtēlĭa (also Pĕtīlĭa and Pĕtellĭa ), ae, f., = Petêlia

I.

A very ancient town in the Bruttian territory, north of Croton, colonized by Lucanians, near the mod. Strongoli, Liv. 23, 30; Verg. A. 3, 402; Mel. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 96.—Hence,

B.

Pĕtēlī-nus ( Pĕtellīn- ), a, um, adj., Petelian:

Petelinus lucus, near Rome,

Liv. 6, 20:

Petelina fides,

Val. Max. 6, 6 fin.—Subst.: Pĕtēlīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Petelia, the Petelians, Inscr. Orell. 3678.—

II.

A city on the western coast of Lucania, between Paestum and Velia, Val. Max. 9, 8, ext. 1.—Hence,

B.

‡ Pĕtēlīni, ōrum, m., the Petelians, Inscr. Orell. 137; 3939.