Jugurtha

American  

[joo-gur-thuh] / dʒuˈgɜr θə /

noun

1. died 104 b.c., king of Numidia 113–104.

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Jugurtha British  

/ dʒuːˈɡɜːθə /

noun

1. died 104 _bc , king of Numidia (?112–104), who waged war against the Romans (the Jugurthine War, 112–105) and was defeated and executed

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Other Word Forms

• Jugurthine adjective

Example Sentences

By 105 BCE, Jugurtha was captured and then paraded through the Roman streets in chains.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In 107 BCE, he ran for consul by denouncing the traditional Roman elites as weak and ineffective generals and promising to quickly end the war with Jugurtha.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

I could not ask a porter to carry the cage; Jugurtha would certainly have eaten him through the spars.

From The Animal Story Book by Various

‘The latest news, sir, is that Jugurtha’s name is no longer Jugurtha.’

From The Animal Story Book by Various

I, however, was no less sagacious than Jugurtha; I had foreseen the attack, and provided myself with a good switch made of dogwood, as thick as one’s forefinger, and eight feet long.

From The Animal Story Book by Various