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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
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