ης (ἡ) autre n. de Ἐλέα = lat. Velia, v. d’Italie, HDT. 1, 167 ; STR. 252.

Étym. ἕλος.

ἡ, Velia in Lower Italy, Hdt. 1.167, Str. 6.1.1; also called Οὐέλιαι (v.l. Βελίαι), Ptol. Geog. 3.1.8; Οὐέλια D.H. 1.20, who says this form is an old dialect word (Ϝέλια) for ἑλώδη = marshy places; but ἕλος prob. had No.Ϝ. (The coins have υελητων, υελητεων, and Ϝελη(των), B.Mus.Cat.Coins Italy pp. 304, 305, 306; the Oscan name Velia was prob. adapted as ΄᾿Υελέη (hence ΄Υελῆ is more prob. than ΄Υέλη) and Ἐλέα.)