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ămussis , is, f. etym. unc.; perh. from am- and assis = axis, a plank, i. e. something flat, straight, moved about a surface in adjusting it (acc. amussim, v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 198; abl. and plur. not used; only ante- and post-class.),
I.a rule or level, used by carpenters, masons, etc.: amussis: tabula, quā utuntur ad saxa leviganda, Varr. ap. Non. p. 9, 17; Aus. Idyll. 16, 11; cf. Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 178 P.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 6 Müll. —In class. Lat. in the adv. phrases,
I. ad ămussim (also written as one word, ad-ămussim or ătamussim ), according to a rule or level, i. e. accurately, exactly: “adamussim non est numerus,” Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 26: “talionem ad amussim aequiparare,” Gell. 20, 1, 34 Hertz: “ut judicium esse factum atamussim diceres,” id. 1, 4, 1 id.—
II. exămussim , according to a rule, exactly, quite: “Ne ista edepol, si vera haec loquitur, examussimst optuma,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 213 (with the forms adamussim and examussim, cf. the Gr. ἐκποδών and ἐμποδών).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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