adverb
examussim
examussim (comparative examussius, superlative examussissimē)
Classical[ɛk.saˈmʊs.sĩː]Ecclesiastical[eɡ.zaˈmus.sim]
Meaning
- according to the carpenter's rule, exactly, precisely, perfectly
Sos. Ne ista edepol, si haec vera loquitur, examussim est optima.
Sosia. Surely she, by Pollux, if this woman speaks truthful things, is exactly perfect.c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo 2.2Utque fallaciae reliqua convenirent, ceram in modum prosectarum formatam aurium ei adplicant examussim nasoque ipsius similem comparant.
And so that their deceits might agree with the rest, they apply to him wax formed exactly in the manner of cut-off ears, and prepare a nose similar to his own.c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.30
ex-ămussim, adv. amussis, by the rule, i. e.,
I. exactly, precisely, perfectly (= ad amussim, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 26; Gell. 1, 4, 1; 20, 1, 34); cf. Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 178; Non. 9, 6 sq.;
p. 80, 19 Müll. (ante- and post-class.): aedes Factae probe, examussim, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 19: rem examussim disputare, id. Men. prol. 50; App. M. 2, p. 128, 13: nae ista edepol ... examussim est optuma, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 213; App. M. 4, p. 150, 33; id. ib. 11, p. 271; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 664.Origins
From amussis (“carpenter's rule”).