Velitrae

Etymology

 * has been explained as, from the same stem as 🇨🇬 and . Reflected as 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * Note: the second syllable scans as heavy in the only two occurrences in hexameter poetry by Silius Italicus. However, the Ancient Greek and the modern form of the name suggest the vowel was actually short. The heavy scansion may result from the freedom to syllabify intervocalic [tr] as [t.r] in poetry, or perhaps poetic lengthening of the vowel.
 * Note: the second syllable scans as heavy in the only two occurrences in hexameter poetry by Silius Italicus. However, the Ancient Greek and the modern form of the name suggest the vowel was actually short. The heavy scansion may result from the freedom to syllabify intervocalic [tr] as [t.r] in poetry, or perhaps poetic lengthening of the vowel.

Proper noun

 * , situated on the southern slope of the Alban hills, now Velletri