Cantabria: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Cantăbrĭa</b>: ae, f., = Κανταβρία,<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Cantăber, bra, brum, adj., Cantabrian: [[Oceanus]], Claud. Laud. Ser. 74.—Far [[more]] freq. subst.: Cantă-ber, ā&#774;bri, and in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: Cantā&#774;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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Cantā&#774;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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: Cantā&#774;brĭca, ae, f., a [[plant]], Cantabrian [[bind]]-[[weed]]: Convolvulus Cantabrica, Linn.; Plin. 25, 8, 47, § 85.