Pĕtēlĭa
ae, f.
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.