Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Numidian [Term?], cognate with ⵢⵓⴳⵔⵜⵏ (yugrtn).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA(key): /i̯uˈɡur.tʰa/, [i̯ʊˈɡʊrt̪ʰä]

Proper noun edit

Jugurtha m sg (genitive Jugurthae); first declension

  1. A king of Numidia who made war on Rome

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Jugurtha
Genitive Jugurthae
Dative Jugurthae
Accusative Jugurtham
Ablative Jugurthā
Vocative Jugurtha

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Jugurtha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Jugurtha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Jugurtha”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray