All 3 Uses of
formidable
in
The Aeneid
- More formidable Hydra stands within, Whose jaws with iron teeth severely grin.†
Book 6 *
- Then Venulus to Diomede they send, To beg his aid Ausonia to defend, Declare the common danger, and inform The Grecian leader of the growing storm: Aeneas, landed on the Latian coast, With banish'd gods, and with a baffled host, Yet now aspir'd to conquest of the state, And claim'd a title from the gods and fate; What num'rous nations in his quarrel came, And how they spread his formidable name.†
Book 8
- His son Cupavo brush'd the briny flood: Upon his stern a brawny Centaur stood, Who heav'd a rock, and, threat'ning still to throw, With lifted hands alarm'd the seas below: They seem'd to fear the formidable sight, And roll'd their billows on, to speed his flight.†
Book 10
Definition:
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(formidable) intimidating or impressive -- arousing fear or admiration due to impressiveness or challenge