Ὑέλη,ἡ,Veliain Lower Italy, Hdt. 1.167 , Str. 6.1.1 : also calledΟὐέλιαι(
A.
v.l. Βελίαι ), Ptol. Geog. 3.1.8 ; Οὐέλια
D.H. 1.20
, who says this form is an old dialect word (ϝέλια) forἑλώδη = marshyplaces; butἕλοςprob. had no.ϝ.(The coins haveυελητων,υελητεων, andϝελη(των),B Mus.Cat.Coins Italy
pp.304,305 , 306 ; the Oscan nameVeliawas prob. adapted asΥ̓ελέη(henceΥ̓ελῆis more prob. thanΥ̓έλη) andἘλέα.)