armipotent

adj, noun — 2 senses

armipotent

adj

Etymology From Latin armipotēns.

1

Obsolete Powerful in battle.

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,)1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XIII:

armipotent

noun

Etymology From Latin armipotēns.

1

Archaic, Poetic A powerful combatant.

The two armipotents brought up their respective legions, thirsting for glory.1825, Eileen Archer, Saragossa:
With violence the lands are spread / Even as in Israel's day, / And it repenteth me I bred / Chartered armipotents lust-led / To feuds […]1917, Thomas Hardy, I Met a Man:

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