Sertorius

American  

[ser-tawr-ee-uhs, -tohr-] / sərˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

1. Quintus died 72 b.c., Roman general and statesman.

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Sertorius British  

/ sɜːˈtɔːrɪəs /

noun

1. Quintus (ˈkwɪntəs). ?123–72 _bc , Roman soldier who fought with Marius in Gaul (102) and led an insurrection in Spain against Sulla until he was assassinated

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Example Sentences

Captain Ludwig Sertorius, military commentator for the German Transocean News Service, said: "The German counteroffensive has shifted . . . in harmony with the general trend of fighting into the northern direction."

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the historian Plutarch, the Roman general Sertorius in 80 B.C. had his troops pile mounds of gypsum powder by the hillside hideaways of Spanish rebels.

From Time Magazine Archive

And when we carried bales of hay to Quintus Sertorius, Joseph talked about Madeleine.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

And in the Small Barn, Quintus Sertorius had smelled February and already he was excited.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

The pond had broken panes of ice on the edges, enough to annoy the geese, and from the Small Barn you could hear Quintus Sertorius at his grain, snorting in his bin.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt