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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Numidian , cognate with ⵢⵓⴳⵔⵜⵏ (yugrtn).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /i̯uˈɡur.tʰa/,
Proper noun
Jugurtha m sg (genitive Jugurthae); first declension
- A king of Numidia who made war on Rome
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
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