Cantăbrĭa — Lewis & Short
Cantăbrĭa, ae, f., = *kantabri/a,
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, ā^bri, and in plur.: Cantā^bri, 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 Cantā^brĭcus, 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.: Cantā^brĭca, ae, f., a plant, Cantabrian bind-weed: Convolvulus Cantabrica, Linn.; Plin. 25, 8, 47, § 85.