armipotent

American  

[ahr-mip-uh-tnt] / ɑrˈmɪp ə tnt /

adjective

Archaic.

1. strong in battle.

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armipotent British  

/ ɑːˈmɪpətənt /

adjective

1. literary strong in arms or war

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Other Word Forms

• armipotence
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of armipotent

First recorded in 1350–1400, armipotent is from the Latin word armipotent- (stem of armipotēns potent in arms). See arm ², -i-, potent ¹

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Example Sentences

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armipotent

The armipotent Mars, of lances the almighty, Gave Hector a gift, the heir of Ilion; A man so breathed, that certain he would fight ye From morn till night, out of his pavilion.

From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson

Now Mars armipotent the Latins lends Fresh heart and strength, but Fear and black Dismay And Flight upon the Teucrian troops he sends.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

And dounward from an hill under a bent, Ther stood the temple of Mars, armipotent, Wrought all of burned stele, of which th' entree Was longe and streite, and gastly for to see.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin

‘The armipotent Mars, of lances the almighty, Gave Hector a gift,—’ Dumain.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

But if the armipotent, or god of light, Obstruct Achilles, or commence the fight.

From The Iliad by Alexander Pope

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