fidus Achates

/ ˈfaɪdəs əˈkeɪtiːz /

noun

1. a faithful friend or companion

Word History and Origins

Origin of fidus Achates¹

Latin, literally: faithful Achates, the name of the faithful companion of Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid

Example Sentences

Poor N., you had but one timorous supporter, even me, so early your fidus Achates—but one against so many.

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I shall be very glad of it, and promise to be his fidus Achates in every sense, for the public as well as his own service.

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Long the fidus Achates of the emperor, this soldier-courtier had obtained considerable fame by becoming his Quintus Curtius.

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A greater difficulty was involved in the fact that the Bibliotaph had many socii, but no fidus Achates.

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Bugs was for the moment Harry's fidus Achates; a sort of vice-James.

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