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  1. The meaning of FIDUS ACHATES is faithful Achates : trusty friend.

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

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

  5. In the Aeneid, Achates (Ancient Greek: Ἀχάτης, "good, faithful Achates", fidus Achates as he was called) was a close friend of Aeneas; [1] his name became a by-word for a very intimate companion.

  6. 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. Achates, fidus Latin phrase (‘faithful Achates’) meaning a faithful friend and follower. Achates was a companion of Aeneas, whose loyalty to his friend was so exemplary as to become proverbial.

  8. There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun fidus Achates. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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