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.
