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Velia

Velia · f

An elevated part of the Palatine Hill at Rome

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 2 4 · 2.25/10k
Letters to and from Brutus 2 · 2.1/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 3 · 1.98/10k
Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 1 · 1.33/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
De Republica 2 · 0.92/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 1 · 0.76/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 1 · 0.59/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 5 · 0.43/10k
Philippicae 2 · 0.38/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Vĕlĭa — 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 *(ue/lh, afterwards *)ele/a, 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; Cic. 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.

In the wild

Velia Apuleius, Apologia 4
Veliam Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.10.45.9
Velia Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.1.1.p2
Veliam Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.10.45.8
Veliam Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.9.7
Velia Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.2.7.11

6 of 46 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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