amussis

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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amussis f (genitive amussis); third declension

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in ).

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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