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† ămūsĭa, ae, f., = ἀμουσία, ignorance of music, Varr. ap. Non. p. 171, 30.
† ămūsos, i, m., = ἄμουσος, one unskilled in music, * Vitr. 1, 1 med.
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.), 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,
* ămussĭto, āre, v. a. [amussis], to make according to rule, i. e. accurately, nicely: amussitata indoles, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 38 Ritschl.
ămussĭum, i, n. [amussis], a horizontal wheel for denoting the direction of the wind, Vitr. 1, 6.