fidus Achates
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of fidus Achates
Latin, literally: faithful Achates, the name of the faithful companion of Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid
Example Sentences
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No. 2 man on the board is the President's fidus Achates, Harry Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has long been the fidus Achates of the Hampden Company.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lever wrote to his fidus Achates in Dublin, expressing his goodwill for Curry & Co., who had hitherto treated him fairly.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund
It used to be very amusing in London to see Rogers with his fidus Achates, Luttrell.
From The Bed-Book of Happiness by Begbie, Harold
Isabella was attended and consoled in her retirement by her faithful servant Transita, her "fidus Achates."
From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)
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