Tectosages

== English == === Noun === Tectosages pl (plural only) (historical) A sept of the Volcae, native to Gallia Narbonensis. Synonym: Tectosagii == Latin == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛkˈtɔ.sa.ɡeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tekˈtɔː.s̬a.d͡ʒes] === Proper noun === Tectosagēs m pl (genitive Tectosagum); third declension A sept of the Volcae, native to Gallia Narbonensis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. === References === “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