a city of Lucania , the birth-place of Parmenides and Zeno , the founders of the Eleatic philosophy , in Lat. also called Velia, Cic.N. D. 3, 33, 82.— Hence, Zeno Elĕātes , of Elea , Cic.Tusc. 2, 22, 52; and: Elĕātĭci philosophi, Eleatic , id.Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 42, 129.