Massăgĕtae, ārum, m., = Μασσαγέται,
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. Ach. 1, 307: retusum in Massagetas Arabasque ferrum, Hor. C. 1, 35, 40.—In sing. collect. : Massăgĕtes , ae, m., one of the Massagetae , Luc. 3, 283: Massageten monstrans, Sil. 3, 360; Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 312.