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Cēa or Cīa, ae, f.

  1. I. Gr. [?*KE/WS (*KI)A ?], 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,
    1. 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.
  2. II. = Cos, q. v.

Cēus, a, um, v. Cea, I. B.

cīvis (cīves, C. I. L. 3, 966; 3337 et saep.; ceivis, S. C. Bacch. and Lex Thoria; ceus in Tab. Bant.), is, comm. (abl. usually cive: civi, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, §§ 32 and 33 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Planc. 40, 96; 41, 97; id. Sest. 12, 29; id. Balb. 19, 43; id. Att. 7, 3, 4; 14, 11, 1; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; dub. Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 52) [root ki- of κεῖμαι, to lie, abide; cf. κώμη], a citizen (male or female; opp. pe regrinus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Off. 1, 34, 124; Liv. 22, 35, 5; opp. advena, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74; or to hospes, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 14; or to hostis, Liv. 8, 36, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33; Ov. M. 13, 234).

  1. I. In gen.
        1. a. (Very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition.) Enn. Ann. 174 Vahl.; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220: optati cives, populares, incolae, accolae, advenae omnes, Date viam, etc., id. Aul. 3, 1, 1: quod civis cum civi agat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32: cives cum civibus de virtute certabant, Sall. C. 9, 2 al.
        2. b. In fem.: Attica, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 159: civis femina, id. Pers. 4, 3, 6; Ter. And. 1, 3, 16; 5, 1, 14: civis virgo, id. Eun. 5, 2, 19; id. Ad. 4, 7, 7: Romana, Cic. Balb. 24, 55; 13, 30; Nep. Them. 1, 2 al.: civis Romanus, Enn. ap. Censor. p. 2725 P. (Ann. v. 174 Vahl.); Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; 2, 4, 61, § 136.
          Concerning the political rights of the civis Romanus (opposed to peregrinus or hostis), v. Zimmern, Rechtsgesch. 2, § 123 sq.; Dict. of Antiq. p. 260 sqq.
  2. II. Esp., a fellow-citizen (for which, in late Lat., concivis): Lunaï portum cognoscite cives, Enn. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (Ann. v. 16 Vahl.); Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 53; Ov. M. 13, 234.
    So particularly, civis meus, tuus, etc., my, thy fellow-citizen, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 63; Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; id. Mil. 34, 93; id. Div. 2, 2, 6; id. Fin. 1, 4, 10.
    In fem.: defende cives tuas, senex, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 37.
    1. B. A subject: imperare corpori, ut rex civibus suis, Cic. Rep. 3, 25, 37.
  3. III. Figuratively: civis totius mundi, a citizen of the world, Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.