noun foreign

ganta

gen. gantae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

old Germ.; the mod. Gans

a goose •

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.

Perseus ID: n19297 Key: ganta