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