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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
amussis f (genitive amussis); third declension
- a ruler, a mason's or carpenter's straight edge
- precision
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).
Derived terms
References
- “amussis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amussis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “amussis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “amussis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin