Cēa or Cīa, ae, f. Gr. Κέως ῾Κἰα, 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.: 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.: Cēi;, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ceos, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130.

— = Cos, q. v.