achates
/əˈkeɪtiːz/
achates is the plural of achate.
Meaning of achate
Noun
achate (plural achates)
- An agate.
- Two vasas of berill , 2 of achate , whereof one is esteemed for its bignesse , colour , and carving imboss'd1643 November 21 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 12 1643]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition...
Noun capitalized: Achates
Achates
- A trusty comrade.
- [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 […]1871, The Field Quarterly Magazine and Review, volume 2, page 152
- 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, […]1979, William Wasserstrom, Van Wyck Brooks, the critic and his critics, page 21
Origin of achates
From the "fidus Achates" (faithful Achates) of Virgil's Aeneid, the constant companion of Aeneas in his wanderings after the fall of Troy.
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Questions about achates
- What does achates mean?
- Achates means a trusty comrade.
- What is achates the plural of?
- Achates is the plural of achate.
- What part of speech is achates?
- Achates is a noun.
- How do you pronounce achates?
- Achates is pronounced /əˈkeɪtiːz/.
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