†† 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.