Definition of anser
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LNS
anser, anseris
χήν, Sanscr. hasas; Gr. χήν; Germ. Gans; Engl. Gander; Erse, goss = goose
noun (c., 3rd declension)
  1. a goose
  2. the swan, into which Jupiter changed himself at Amyclae
Abbreviations
anser, eris, usu. m. Sanscr. hasas; Gr. χήν; Germ. Gans; Engl. Gander; Erse, goss = goose (f., Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3; Col. 8, 14, 4; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. p. 7; Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 sq.), a goose; sacred to Juno, and which preserved the Capitol in the Gallic war. Hence held in high honor by the Romans, Liv. 5, 47; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20; Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 81 al.

—Anser Amyclaeus, the swan, into which Jupiter changed himself at Amyclae, Verg. Cir. 488.
 
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