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fidus Achates

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fidus Achates /ˌfʌɪdəs əˈkeɪtiːz/

▶noun literary a faithful friend or devoted follower.

– origin L., lit. ‘faithful Achates’ (a companion of Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid).

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