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The term armipotent is chiefly employed to evoke the idea of supreme martial power, most often in reference to Mars, the god of war. In numerous works, authors describe Mars as “armipotent” while accentuating his authority in battle by pairing the epithet with vivid martial imagery—“of lances the almighty” and with “flashing fires and flamming brands” [1, 2, 3]. The word is not limited to divine figures alone; it occasionally appears in connection to mortal heroes and soldiers, thus extending its significance from the divine to the human sphere of warfare [4, 5]. Moreover, its literary pedigree is enriched by classical borrowings, as seen with Boccaccio’s employment of the term, which underscores its enduring resonance in conveying might and valor [6].
  1. That in the trende baye hase made þy trone, 940 Armipotent, That god arte of bataile and regent ‹p028› SPRING IS THE TIME OF LOVE.
    — from The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome
  2. The Armipotent Mars, of Launces the almighty, gaue Hector a gift
    — from Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
  3. But before I so 248 doe, the armipotent God aboue, with his flashing fires and flamming brands shall thunder me downe into the depthe of Hell.
    — from The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 2
  4. Parolles is referred to as "the manifold linguist and armipotent soldier."
    — from Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson
  5. This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold linguist, and the armipotent soldier.
    — from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
  6. The word armipotent is borrowed from Boccaccio's armipotente , in the Teseide, vii.
    — from Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) — Notes to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

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