Jugurtha

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /juˈɡur.ta/, [juˈɡurt̪ä]

Proper noun

Jugurtha m sg (genitive Jugurthae); first declension

1. A king of Numidia who made war on Rome

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Derived terms

• Jugurthīnus

References

• “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