Cēa or Cīa, ae, f.
I Gr. Κέως Κία, Ptol.), the Lat. name of the Greek Ceos (cf. Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62), one of the most important of the Cyclades , over against the promontory Sunium , the birthplace of the poet Simonides, also celebrated for its splendid female clothing, now Zia , Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; Varr. ib.; Verg. G. 1, 14; Ov. H. 20, 222 Heins.; id. M. 7, 368; Col. 9, 2, 4; nom. Ceos, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 62; abl. Ceo, id. 4, 12, 22, § 65; acc. Ceo, Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1.—Hence,
B Adj. : Cēus (or Cīus ; cf. Lucr. 2, p. 269 Lachm.), a, um, of Cea : gens, Ov. M. 10, 120: Simonides, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351 Orell. N. cr. —And with reference to the same: Camenae, his poems , Hor. C. 4, 9, 8: naeniae, id. ib. 2, 1, 38.—In plur.: Cēï ;, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ceos , Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130.—
II = Cos, q. v.