ganta

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ganta, ae, f. [old Germ.; the mod. Gans],

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.