Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

achates

/əˈkeɪtiːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: achates
IPA: /əˈkeɪtiːz/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of achate

noun

A trusty comrade.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[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 […]"
"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, […]"

Etymology

From the "fidus Achates" (faithful Achates) of Virgil's Aeneid, the constant companion of Aeneas in his wanderings after the fall of Troy.

Usage

Archaic

Phrases

fidus Achates

Rhymes With

eighties euphrates lates mithridates nates penates optimates aegates

Questions

How do you pronounce achates?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkeɪtiːz/.
What does achates mean?: plural of achate
Where does achates come from?: 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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