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
Suddenly the door opened and Captain Clinton appeared, followed by his fidus Achates, Detective Sergeant Maloney.
From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Charles Klein
When a schoolboy takes to his bosom a fidus Achates, the first thing he does is to offer to show his birds' nests; so Miss Gordon introduces us to her find,—nests of the Gambel sparrow.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
She layed all her snares for Dr Lewis, who is the fidus Achates of my uncle.
From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett
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