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†† gangaba, ae, m. [Persian], a porter (= bajulus), Curt. 3, 13, 6.

Gangărĭdae (Garg-), ārum, m., = Γαγγαρίδαι, an Indian people near the Ganges, in the modern Bengal, Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65; Curt. 9, 2, 2; Verg. G. 3, 27; Val. Fl. 6, 67.

Ganges, is, m., = Γάγγης,

  1. I. the river Ganges, in India, Mel. 3, 7, 5 sq.; Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 60 sq.; Cic. Rep. 6, 20; Verg. G. 2, 137; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 23; id. M. 2, 249; 4, 21 al.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Gangētĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Ganges, found in the Ganges: tigris, Ov. M. 6, 636: aves, Col. 8, 8, 10: pubes, Sil. 3, 612: raptor, i. e. a tiger-hunter, Mart. 8, 26, 1: ales, i. e. a phœnix, Aus. Idyll. 11, 16; 20, 9.
    2. B. Gangētis, ĭdis, adj., the same: terra, i. e. India, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 47.

† ganglĭon, ĭi, n., = γάγγλιον, a sort of swelling or excrescence, Veg. Vet. 2, 30.

† gangraena, ae, f., = γάγγραινα, a cancerous, eating ulcer on the body, a gangrene.

  1. I. Lit., Cels. 5, 26, 34; Lucil. ap. Non. 117, 22; Varr. ib. 25.
  2. * II. Trop.: mali gangraena, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 28.