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    Fi·dus A·cha·tes
    /ˌfīdəs əˈkädēz/

    noun

    • 1. a faithful friend or devoted follower: "accompanied by three guides and his fidus Achates, Bruce set out"
  2. fidus Achates is a Latin phrase from Virgil's Aeneid, meaning faithful Achates or trusty friend. It is often used to describe a loyal and devoted companion or ally.

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  4. Fidus Achates is a Latin phrase meaning faithful friend or companion. It comes from Virgil's Aeneid, where it refers to Aeneas' loyal follower. See how to use it in sentences and its origin.

  5. Achates was a loyal friend of Aeneas who accompanied him on his journey to Italy. He was a by-word for fidelity and a type of the virtue in the Aeneid, but he had only four spoken lines and no character development.

  6. Fidus Achates is a Latin phrase meaning faithful friend or companion. It comes from the name of Achates, the loyal ally of Aeneas in Virgil's epic poem Aeneid.

  7. 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. See etymology. Nearby entries.

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

  9. Achates, fidus is a Latin phrase meaning 'faithful Achates', a loyal friend of Aeneas in mythology. Learn more about the origin, usage and citation of this phrase from Encyclopedia.com.

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