Velia
Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες → The world is a stage, life is a performance, you came, you saw, you departed
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ὑελή, ἡ, later called Ἐλέα; see Elea.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Vĕlĭa: ae, f.
I An elevated part of the Palatine Hill at Rome, Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.; Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; Liv. 2, 7, 6.— Hence, Vĕlĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Velia, Velian: Veliense sexticeps in Veliā apud aedem deum penatium, an old formula ap. Varr. L. L. l. l.—
II A town on the coast of Lucania, a colony of the Phocœans, orig. called Ὑέλη, afterwards Ἐλέα, Lat. Elea (v. h. v.), now Castellamare della Bruca, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71; Gell. 10, 16, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 19, 1; 7, 20, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 99; 2, 5, 17, § 44; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 1 al.—Hence,
1 Vĕ-lĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Velia, Velian: sacerdotes, Cic. Balb. 24, 55.—Plur.: Vĕlĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Velia, the Velians, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 69.—
2 Vĕlīnus, a, um, adj., of Velia, Velian: portus, i. e. Velia, Verg. A. 6, 366.—
III A Spanish tribe, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Vĕlia,¹² æ, f.,
1 ville de Lucanie : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44 || -ĭēnsēs, m., habitants de Vélia : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 99 || -īnus, a, um, de Vélia : Virg. En. 6, 366
2 une des éminences du mont Palatin : Cic. Rep. 2, 54 ; Liv. 2, 7, 6 || -ĭēnsis, e, de Vélia : Varro L. 5, 54 || -īnus, a, um, de Vélia : Velina tribus, ou Velina Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52, tribu Véline.
