ganta

ae, f.

old Germ.; the mod. Gans

I. a goose: (anseres) e Germania laudatissimi. Candidi ibi, verum minores, gantae vocantur, Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 54; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 6: ganta χηναλώπηζ, Gloss. Philox.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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