Lewis Short
Cēa | Cīa, ōrum | Cēus | Cīus | Cēï (noun F.m) : or
* Gr. Κέως Κ̔ἰα, 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
* Adj.: (or ; 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.: ;, , , the inhabitants of Ceos, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130.
* = Cos, q. v.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary