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Date "ACHATES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Achates (3 syl.) A fidus Achates. A faithful companion, a bosom friend. Achates in Virgil's Æneid is the chosen companion of the hero in adventures of all kinds. "He has chosen this fellow for his fidus Achates." - Sir Walter Scott. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Virgil I, 188, 312; VI, 34, 158.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Auxiliary | Ally; friend; confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego. |
Friend | Noun: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus; usque ad aras; fidus Achates; persona grata. |
Probity | Dignity; (repute); respectability, respectableness; adj; gentilhomme, gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo; truepenny, trump, brick; true Briton; white man. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ACHATES |
| Non-English Usage: "ACHATES" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (agate). |
| Author | Quotation |
Virgil | Faithful Achates. |
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Expression using "ACHATES": fidus Achates. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
achates | 4 |
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| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 28, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai o sticoV o tritoV ligurion acathV kai amequstoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In tertio ligyrius achates et amethistus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In the thridde, ligyre, achates, and amatyst; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The thyrd: Lygurios an Acatt and Amatist. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 28, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang ikatolo ka laray, usa ka rubi, usa ka agata, ug usa ka amatista: |
| Chinese | 第 三 行 是 紫 瑪 瑙 、 白 瑪 瑙 、 紫 晶 。 |
| Croatian | u treæem redu: hijacint, ahat i ledac; |
| Danish | Hyacint, Agat og Ametyst i den tredje, |
| Dutch | En de derde rij, een Hyacint, Agaat en Amethist. |
| Finnish | kolmanteen riviin hyasintti, akaatti ja ametisti; |
| French | troisième rangée, une opale, une agate, une améthyste; |
| German | die dritte ein Lynkurer, Achat, Amethyst; |
| Haitian Creole | Nan twazyèm ranje a, va gen yon pyè opal, yon pyè agat ak yon pyè ametis. |
| Hungarian | A harmadik sor: jáczint, agát és amethiszt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di baris ketiga batu lazuardi, batu akik dan batu kecubung. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan pada jajar yang ketiga sebiji permata pusparagam dan sebiji permata syabu dan sebiji permata martis. |
| Italian | La terza fila: un giacinto, un' gata e un'ametista. |
| Korean | 세 째 줄 은 호 박, 백 마 노, 자 수 이 ", |
| Maori | Mo te rarangi tuatoru he rikuri, he akete, he ametihita. |
| Norwegian | og i den tredje rad en hyasint, en agat og en ametyst, |
| Portuguese | a terceira fileira será de um jacinto, uma ágata e uma ametista; |
| Rumanian | kn al treilea rknd, un opal, un agat, wi un ametist; |
| Russian | ФТЕФЙК ТС": СИПОФ, БЗБФ Й БНЕФЙУФ; |
| Spanish | La tercera hilera tendrá un jacinto, un ágata y una amatista. |
| Swedish | i tredje raden en hyacint, en agat och en ametist; |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "ACHATES": leachates. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-s-t" | |
-1 letter: chaeta, chaste, cheats, sachet, scathe, taches. | |
-2 letters: aceta, aches, caste, cates, cesta, chase, chats, cheat, chest, haets, haste, hates, heats, taces, tache, tachs, teach, theca. | |
-3 letters: aahs, aces, ache, acta, acts, asea, ates, casa, case, cash, cast, cate, cats, chat, each, east, eath, eats, etas, etch, eths, haes, haet, hast, hate, hats, heat. | |
-4 letters: aah. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-s-t" | |
+1 letter: alcahest, attaches, catheads, chateaus, schemata, tracheas. | |
+2 letters: alcahests, anthraces, attachers, catharses, cathedras, chantages, chapaties, chaquetas, haematics, hepaticas, leachates, theriacas, watchcase. | |
+3 letters: acanthuses, alkahestic, anchovetas, autarchies, bacchantes, brachiates, caliphates, cathedrals, chapatties, characters, chatelains, cheapskate, clathrates, euthanasic, exarchates, heartaches, machinates, malachites, parachutes, reattaches, sacahuiste, stagecoach, watchables, watchcases. | |
+4 letters: aesthetical, anaesthetic, anchovettas, antechapels, anthracenes, anthracites, anthracnose, architraves, atheistical, attachments, bathyscaphe, blackhearts, cachinnates, camphorates, cantharides, catachreses, catachresis, catarrhines, catastrophe, catchphrase, catechismal, chalybeates, chatelaines, chatoyances, cheapskates, coelacanths, escheatable, headachiest, hemiacetals, matchmakers, mathematics, packthreads, sacahuistes, sasquatches, spermatheca, stomachache, thalassemic, theatricals, watchmakers, weathercast. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 43 48 41 54 45 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. .... .- - . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000011 01001000 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A C H A T E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0043 0048 0041 0054 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35374235543953 |
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