Tectosages

Tectosages pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A sept of the Volcae, native to Gallia Narbonensis.

   Synonym: Tectosagii

Gaulish tribal name, possibly meaning "striving for possession," from Proto-Celtic *texto- (from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by the hand”)) + *sagyeti (“to seek”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛkˈtɔ.sa.ɡeːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪ekˈt̪ɔː.s̬a.d͡ʒes]

Tectosagēs m pl (genitive Tectosagum); third declension

1. A sept of the Volcae, native to Gallia Narbonensis

Third-declension noun, plural only.

• “Tectosages”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tectosages”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Miller, Gary (2012): External Influences on English: From Its Beginnings to the Renaissance
• Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN