Vellēius, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.
I C. Velleius Paterculus, an historian under Augustus and Tiberius; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 203 sq.—
II C. Velleins, an Epicurean , friend of Crassus , Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 78; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15.—Hence,
A Vel-lēius , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Velleius , Velleian : lex, perh. called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 28, 2, 29; 28, 3, 3; Just. Inst. 2, 13.—
B Vellēiānus , a, um, adj., of a Velleius , Velleian : senatusconsultum, called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 16, 1, 2.