armipotent

English

Etymology

From Latin armipotēns.

Adjective

armipotent (comparative more armipotent, superlative most armipotent)

1. (obsolete) Powerful in battle.
   • 1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XIII:

     Swift at the word bold Merion snatch’d a spear
     And, breathing slaughter, follow’d to the war.
     So Mars armipotent invades the plain,
     (The wide destroyer of the race of man,)

Translations

powerful in battle

• Italian: armipotente
• Latin: armipotēns
• Portuguese: armipotente

Noun

armipotent (plural armipotents)

1. (poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
   • 1825, Eileen Archer, Saragossa:

     The two armipotents brought up their respective legions, thirsting for glory.

   • 1917, Thomas Hardy, I Met a Man:

     With violence the lands are spread / Even as in Israel's day, / And it repenteth me I bred / Chartered armipotents lust-led / To feuds […]

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