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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He has long been the fidus Achates of the Hampden Company.
From Time Magazine Archive
No. 2 man on the board is the President's fidus Achates, Harry Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
She layed all her snares for Dr Lewis, who is the fidus Achates of my uncle.
From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
You are Flemming's intimate friend, his fidus Achates.
From Majorie Daw by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
Charles Wesley was by no means the mere fidus Achates, or man Friday, of his brother John.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
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