Cloelĭus, Clŭĭlĭus, or Cloelĭa,
name of a Roman gens: C. Cluilius, Liv. 1, 22, 4 al.—Esp.: Cloelĭa , ae, f., a Roman maiden , who , when a hostage to Porsenna , with several companions , swam back to Rome , Liv. 2, 13, 6 and 7; Verg. A. 8, 651; Piso ap. Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29 al.