Usually means: Friend, companion in classical literature.
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  1. Achates, achates: Merriam-Webster
  2. Achates: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Achates: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Achates: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Achates: Wordnik
  6. Achates, achates: Wiktionary
  7. Achates: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Achates: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Achates: Dictionary.com
  10. Achates: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Achates (Aeneid), Achates: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Achates: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  13. Achates: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Achates: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. Achates: Merriam-Webster

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  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

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  1. Achates: Encyclopedia

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  1. achates: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Achates)

▸ noun:  (archaic, poetic) A trusty comrade.

Similar:
Patroclus, Akhaioi, Achelous, Chiron, Achilles, Antenor, Akademos, Amphitryon, Arion, Auxo, more...

Phrases:
fidus achates, more...

Adjectives:
faithful, fidus, brave, young, true, wise, loyal, present, wrong, original
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Similar:
Patroclus, Akhaioi, Achelous, Chiron, Achilles, Antenor, Akademos, Amphitryon, Arion, Auxo, more...

Phrases:
fidus achates, more...

Adjectives:
faithful, fidus, brave, young, true, wise, loyal, present, wrong, original



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