amussis

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. It has been proposed that the term derives from ad- +‎ Proto-Indo-European *mod-ti-, itself from the root *med- (“to measure”). However, De Vaan suggests that the existence of an o-grade preform *mod-ti- is “questionable.” Another theory suggests that the term derives from ἄμυξις (ámuxis, “tearing, mauling”), from ἀμύσσω (amússō, “to scratch, lacerate”). However, this latter proposal is rejected by the philologist Manu Leumann. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmʊs.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmus.sis] === 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 Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “amussis”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 30 Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “amussis”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 43