Latin

Noun

amussis f ‎(genitive amussis); third declension

1. a ruler, a mason's or carpenter's straight edge
2. precision

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Derived terms

• ad amussim
• examussim

References

• amussis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amussis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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