Achates
English
Etymology
From the "fidus Achates" (faithful Achates) of Virgil's Aeneid, the constant companion of Aeneas in his wanderings after the fall of Troy.
Noun
Achates
- (archaic, poetic) A trusty comrade.
- 1871, The Field Quarterly Magazine and Review (volume 2, page 152)
- [He] established a kind of hunting colony at Tring, in Hertfordshire, where, with Colonel Charritie as his Achates, Jem Morgan as his huntsman, and "some of the Browns" to look after things, his lordship had kennels of both foxhounds and harriers […]
- 1979, William Wasserstrom, Van Wyck Brooks, the critic and his critics (page 21)
- It was the full moon of the "Captain" of industry and his Achates, the muckraker. Pragmatism, the one force in American thought since the Spanish War, certainly did not bequeath men a deeper feeling and reverence for life, […]
- 1871, The Field Quarterly Magazine and Review (volume 2, page 152)
German
Noun
Achates
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀχάτης (Akhátēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.kʰa.teːs/, [ˈäkʰät̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ka.tes/, [ˈäːkät̪es]
Proper noun
Achatēs m sg (genitive Achatae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Achatēs |
Genitive | Achatae |
Dative | Achatae |
Accusative | Achatēn |
Ablative | Achatē |
Vocative | Achatē |
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