Jugurtha

[joo-gur-thuh]

noun

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

Jugurtha

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• Jugurthine adjective

Example Sentences

He is survived by his wife, Djamila; two sons, Jugurtha and Salah-Eddine; and a daughter, Bushra.

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Hiempsal II. was the son of Gauda, the half-brother of Jugurtha.

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Here Jugurtha, king of Mauritania, was starved to death by Marius.

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Jugurtha referred to the cold and dark prison into which he was plunged as into an icy bath.

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Longfellow in his little poem "Jugurtha," has substituted, it is hard to say by what authority, the name of Apollo for that of Heracles: How cold are thy baths, Apollo!

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