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    fidus Achates
    /ˌfʌɪdəs əˈkeɪtiːz/

    noun

    • 1. a faithful friend or devoted follower: "accompanied by three guides and his fidus Achates, Bruce set out"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fidus Achatesfidus Achates Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Jun 9, 2024 · Definition. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. fidus Achates. Latin quotation from Virgil. fi· dus Acha· tes ˌfē-du̇s-ä-ˈkä-ˌtās. : faithful Achates : trusty friend. Dictionary Entries Near fidus Achates. fiduciary relation. fidus Achates. fie. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry. Style. “Fidus Achates.”

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › fidus-achatesFIDUS ACHATES Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Fidus Achates definition: a faithful friend or companion. See examples of FIDUS ACHATES used in a sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFIDUS ACHATES definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Fidus Achates is a Latin phrase meaning faithful friend or companion. It comes from the name of Achates, who accompanied Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Achates_(Aeneid)Achates (Aeneid) - Wikipedia

    In the Aeneid, Achates (Ancient Greek: Ἀχάτης, "good, faithful Achates", fidus Achates as he was called) was a close friend of Aeneas; his name became a by-word for a very intimate companion. [2]

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › fidus+AchatesFidus Achates - definition of fidus Achates by The Free...

    fidus Achates. ( ˈfaɪdəs əˈkeɪtiːz) n. a faithful friend or companion. [Latin, literally: faithful Achates, the name of the faithful companion of Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › fidus-achates_nfidus Achates, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the noun fidus Achates is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for fidus Achates is from 1603, in the writing of Christopher Heydon, soldier and writer on astrology. fidus Achates is a borrowing from Latin.

  8. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Achātēs - Oxford Reference

    Character in mythology, faithful lieutenant of Aeneas in the Aeneid; a late source ascribes to him the killing of Protesilaus (Eustathius Ad Iliadem 2. 701).T. Weber, Fidus Achates (1988).[...]