I.a Scythian people, to the east of the Caspian Sea, in the mod. Sangaria and Mongolia, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 50; Nep. Reg. 1, 2; Stat. Achill. 1, 307: “retusum in Massagetas Arabasque ferrum,” Hor. C. 1, 35, 40.—In sing. collect.: Massăgĕtes , ae, m., one of the Massagetæ, Luc. 3, 283: “Massageten monstrans,” Sil. 3, 360; Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 312.
Massăgĕtae , ārum, m., = Μασσαγέται,