Cantăbrĭa, ae, f., = Κανταβρία,
I a province in Hispania Tarraconensis, east of Asturia , in the region of the present Biscaya , Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148; 34, 16, 47, § 158; Suet. Aug. 20; 81; id. Galb. 8; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—
II Derivv.
A Cantăber , bra, brum, adj., Cantabrian : Oceanus, Claud. Laud. Ser. 74.—Far more freq. subst.: Cantă-ber , ā̆bri, and in plur.: Cantā̆bri , ōrum, m., the Cantabrians , Caes. B. C. 2, 36; Mel. 3, 1, 9, § 10; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110 sq.; an exceedingly wild and warlike people , whose subjugation was attempted in vain by Augustus (729 A. U. C.), but was accomplished , after a bloody battle , by Agrippa (734 A. U. C.); hence, bellicosus, Hor. C. 2, 11, 1: indoctus juga ferre nostra, id. ib. 2, 6, 2: non ante domabilis, id. ib. 4, 14, 41: Agrippae virtute cecidit, id. Ep. 1, 12, 26: serā domitus catenā, id. C. 3, 8, 22; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 46; Just. 44, 5, 8.—
B Cantā̆brĭcus , a, um, adj., of Cantabria : terrae, Mel. 3, 2, 1: litora, id. 3, 2, 7: populi, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 27: bella, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 55: bellum, Suet. Aug. 20; 85: expeditio, id. 29; id. Tib. 9.—
2 Subst.: Cantā̆brĭca , ae, f., a plant , Cantabrian bind-weed : Convolvulus Cantabrica, Linn.; Plin. 25, 8, 47, § 85.