amussium

Latin

Alternative forms

• amusium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmus.si.um/, [äˈmʊs̠ːiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmus.si.um/, [äˈmusːium]

Noun

amussium n (genitive amussiī or amussī); second declension

1. A horizontal wheel for indicating the direction of the wind.
2. A levelled piece used to test whether a surface is flat or not.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	amussium	amussia
genitive	amussiī amussī1	amussiōrum
dative	amussiō	amussiīs
accusative	amussium	amussia
ablative	amussiō	amussiīs
vocative	amussium	amussia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• amussis
• amussitō

References

• “amussium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amussium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.