Cantium
Cantĭum, ii, n., = Κάντιον,
- a promontory of England, now Kent, Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 5, 22.
Cantium, ī, n. (Κάντιον), eine im östlichen Britannien gelegene Landschaft, j. Kent, mit einem gleichnamigen Vorgebirge, j. Cap Paperness, Caes. b. G. 5, 13, 1 u. 22, 1.
Cantĭum, (14) ĭī, n. , partie de la Bretagne [auj. le pays de Kent] : Cæs. G. 5, 13, 1.
CANTIUM
CA´NTIUM (Κάντιον), in Britain. Name for name, the county Kent. Probably the two areas coincide as well, or nearly so. Mentioned by Caesar as being that part of the coast where the traffic with Gaul was greatest, and where the civilisation was highest. The North Foreland was called Cantium Promontorium. (Caes. B. G. 5.13, 14, 22; Strab. 1. p. 63, iv. pp. 193, 199; Ptol. 2.3.27; comp. CANTAE)
[R.G.L]Cantium
A district of Britain, nearly the same as the modern Kent, but including Londinium (q.v.). The name is derived from the Keltic kant, an angle or curve.