Tectosages

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish tribal name, possibly meaning "striving for possession," from techt (“possession”) (<< Proto-Celtic *tixtā, related to *tegos (“dwelling, house”)) + *sagyeti (“to seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tekˈto.sa.ɡeːs/, [t̪ɛkˈt̪ɔs̠äɡeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tekˈto.sa.d͡ʒes/, [t̪ekˈt̪ɔːs̬äd͡ʒes]

Proper noun

Tectosagēs m pl (genitive Tectosagum); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Tectosagēs
Genitive	Tectosagum
Dative	Tectosagibus
Accusative	Tectosagēs
Ablative	Tectosagibus
Vocative	Tectosagēs

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