Cantabria

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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 <number opt="n">plur.</number>: 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.