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

  1. 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,
    1. 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.
  2. II. A city on the western coast of Lucania, between Paestum and Velia, Val. Max. 9, 8, ext. 1.
    Hence,
    1. B. ‡ Pĕtēlīni, ōrum, m., the Petelians, Inscr. Orell. 137; 3939.