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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.

Pĕtīlĭa, ae, v. Petelia.

Pĕtīlĭānus, a, um, v. Petilius, B.

pĕtīlĭum, ii, n., an autumnal flower, otherwise unknown, Plin. 21, 8, 25, § 49.

Pĕtīlĭus, a, name of a Roman gens.
Hence,

  1. A. Pĕtīlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Petilius, Petilian: lex, Liv. 38, 55.
  2. B. Pĕtīlĭānus, a, um, adj., Petilian: regna, i. e. the villa of a certain Petilius, otherwise unknown, Mart. 12, 57, 19.