All 22 Uses
formidable
in
The Iliad
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- A great man in his rage is formidable for underlings: though he may keep it down, he cherishes the burning in his belly until a reckoning day.†
Book 1 *formidable = intimidating or impressive
- Of all the fighting men, most formidable was Aias Telamonios—that is while great Akhilleus raged apart.†
Book 2
- Your question, now: yes, I can answer it: that man is Agamemnon, son of Atreus, lord of the plains of Argos, ever both a good king and a formidable soldier—brother to the husband of a wanton or was that life a dream?†
Book 3
- Formidably sped, the spear went through the polished hide and through the densely plated cuirass, where it ripped the shirt forward along his flank and stuck— but Paris, twisting, had eluded death.†
Book 3formidably = in an intimidating or impressive manner
- Pitying the two men fallen, Menelaos came up, formidable in glittering bronze, with menacing spear—for Ares urged him on to see him conquered at Aineias' hands.†
Book 5formidable = intimidating or impressive
- Formidable Athena caught up the whip and reins and drove the horses hard and straight at Ares.†
Book 5
- He is so savage in pursuit and combat I call him most formidable of Akhaians now.†
Book 6
- His second test was battle with Solymoi, formidable aborigines.†
Book 6
- He stepped out as formidable as gigantic Ares, wading into the ranks of men, when Zeus drives them to battle in bloodletting fury.†
Book 7
- Then Nestor stood and spoke among them: "Son of Tydeus, formidable above the rest in war, in council, too, you have more weight than others of your age.†
Book 9
- , godlike, formidable, and before long they found Odysseus: Trojans had closed round him as tawny jackals from the hills will ring an antlered deer, gone heavy with his wound.†
Book 11
- So formidable in his fear he was— like a duri lion from a stable yard driven by hounds and farmhands: all night long they watch and will not let him take his prey, his chosen fat one.†
Book 11
- Now gripping this, hefting a pair of spears, he joined the battle, formidable as some hill-bred lion, ravenous for meat after long abstinence.†
Book 12
- The Lykian captains bring such weight to bear in battle, as in the past; they are formidable.†
Book 12
- But you can see the Lykian captains bring such weight to bear in battle, as in the past; they are formidable.†
Book 12
- He's powerful, yes, but he will find it uphill work to conquer these sharp fighters, formidable hands, and set our ships aflame—unless Lord Zeus should toss a firebrand aboard himself.†
Book 13
- Most formidable son of Kronos, how impetuous!†
Book 14
- Do you not know that near the Akhaian sterns where I had killed his friends, formidable Aias hit my chest with a great stone and knocked the fighting spirit out of me?†
Book 15
- While Dolops kept his feet and went on fighting, hoping for victory, the formidable Menelaos came to Meges' aid, obliquely and unseen, and hit the Trojan's shoulder from behind.†
Book 15
- And Aineias answered him: "Lykadn, son of Priam, why demand this, when my heart's unready to take that formidable fighter on?†
Book 20
- As they closed, Akhilleus, prince and formidable runner, spoke first: "Why are you out of line so far, Aineias?†
Book 20
- But slumber would not come to Hermes the Good Companion, as he considered how to ease the way for Priam from the camp, to send him through ' unseen by the formidable gatekeepers.†
Book 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(formidable) intimidating or impressive -- arousing fear or admiration due to impressiveness or challenge
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)