476. AMI 
fubduedLthe-moft warlike nations; but, as lie was prepar¬ 
ing for an expediticiiragainft Italy, he was killed in battle,. 
2^8. years before, the Chriftian, rera. Be left.three Tons, 
whonj.Jie- 'had educated,, as he faid, like three lions,, to 
tear Rome in pieces'; and made Hannibal, his el deft fon, 
fiye.ar an eternal enmity aga-init the,- Romans. 
’ AMILIC'TI, J'. in tire Chaldaic theology, denote a 
kind of intellectual powers or perfens in the divine hie¬ 
rarchy. The amili.di are reprefented as three in number ; 
apd- conftitute one of the tryad, in the-third order of 
the- beira,rchy. 
AMIMO.'NE, a daughter of Danaus, changed into a 
fountain which is near Argos, and flows into the lake 
Lcrpa.. Quid. 
' AMIN'ADAB, [pnj'CJhH.eb-. a-free, or willing people.] 
the father of Naalian. 
AMiRAN'TE, in the Spanifti polity, a great.officer of 
ftate,,anfwering to our lord high-admiral. 
AMI'SS azdw. [from a, which, in this-form of compo- 
fition, often lignides-according to, and. mifs, the Englilh par¬ 
ticle, which thews any thing, like the Greek «f, to be 
wrong, aSj to mfcount to count erroneoully ; to mifdo, to 
commit a crime : amifs therefore fignifies not right, or out 
ofo>der.~] Faulty; criminal. Faultily; criminally: 
O ye powers that- fearch 
The heart of man,-and-weigh his inmoft thoughts, 
]f I have done amfsj impute it not ! Addifon. 
In an ill fenfe. Wrong ; improper ; unfit.—Methinks, 
though a man had all 1cfence, and .all principles, yet it 
might- not be amifs to have fome confidence. Tillotfon . — 
Wrong; not according to the perfection of the thing, 
whatever it be. Reproachful; irreverent. Impaired in 
health ; as, I was femewhat amifs yefterday, but am well 
to-day. Amifs is marked as an adverb, though it cannot 
always be adverbially rendered ; becaufe it always follows, 
the fubftantive to which it relates,, contrary to the nature 
of adjectives in Englifli ; and, though we fay the aCtion was 
amifs, we never fay an amifs action. Amifs is ufed by 
Shakefpeare as a noun fubftantive : 
To my fick foul, as fin’s true nature is, 
Each toy .fee'ms prologue to fome great amifs. Shakfpeare. 
AMIS'S-ION, f. \_amifio, Lat.] Lofs.~ 
AMI'SUS, the chief city of the ancient kingdom of 
Pentus. It was built by the-Milefians, and peopled partly 
by them and partly by a colony from Athens. It was at 
firft a free city, like the other Greek cities in Afia ; but 
afterwards fubdued by Pharnaces king of Pontus, who 
made it his metropolis. It was taken by Lucullus in the 
Mithridatie war, who reftored it to its ancient liberty. 
To A'MIT', v. a. [amitto, Lat.] To lofe ; a word little 
in. ufe.—Ice is water- congealed by the frigidity of the air, 
whereby it acquireth no new form, but rather a confidence 
or determination of its ■ diffluency, and amitteth not its 
elfence, but condition of fluidity. Brown. 
AMITER'NUM, a town-of the Sabines, in Italy, now 
extinCt. The ruins are to be feen on the level ridge of a 
mountain, near St. Vittorino. 
AMIT'TERE legum TERKiE, f. in law, a phrafe 
importing the lofs of liberty of {'wearing in any court : 
the punilhmcnt of a champion-overcome or yielding it bat¬ 
tle, of- jurors found guilty in a writ of attaint, and of a 
perfon outlawed. 
AMIZO'DAR, a king of part of Dycia, had a wife 
called Chimera, whafe, two brothers were called the Lion 
and the Dragon, becaufe they murdered all thofe that fell 
into their hands. 
A'MITY, f. [ amilie, Fr. amicilia, Lat.] Friendfliip, 
whether public between nations,- oppofed to-war ; or a- 
mong the people, oppofed to difeord ; or between private 
perlons. — 'The : prophet David did think, that the very 
meeting of men together, and their accompanying one an¬ 
other to the houfe of God, fhould make the bond of their 
love infoluble, and tie them in a league of inviolable amity. 
A M M 
Hooker. —The monarchy of Great Britainwas-in league and' 
amity with all the world. Sir John Davis. 
. A M’ fv A S, f. a- name given to a fpacious faloon in the- 
palace of the Great Mogul, where lie gives- 'audience to 
Iris fubjeds, and where he appears on (olenin feftivals with 
extraordinary magnificence. His throne is fupporced by 
fix large ftens of mafify gold, ,fet with rubies, emeralds,, 
and diamonds, eftimated' at 60,000,000!. 
AM'MA,/ [fome derive it of onfia, Gr. to conned or 
join together.] A tying, knitting, a band. With furgeons,. 
a trufs-for ruptures. 
AM'MAN, or Ammant, f. in the German and Belgic 
policy, ajudge who has the cognizance of civil caufes; It 
is alfo ufed among the French for a public'notary, or officer, 
who draws up inftruments and'deeds. 
AMMAN'NIA,/. [from John Ammann, profefifor of 
botany at Peterfburgh. ] In botany, a genus of the tetran-- 
dria monogynia clafs, ranking in the natural order of caly- 
canthemae. - The generic characters are—Caly.x : Perian- 
thium bell-fhaped, oblong, eredt, with eight ftreaks, and 
folds, quadrangular, eight-toothed; teeth alternate bent 
in, permanent. Corolla: none, or four-petalled ; petals 
vertically ovate, fpreading, inferted into the calyx. Sta¬ 
mina ; filaments briftly, the length of the calyx, into which 
they are inferted : antheraa twin. Piftillum : germ fub- 
ovate, large, fuperior ; ftyle fimple, very fliort ; ftigma 
headed. Pericarpium : a roundiflt, four-celled, capfule, 
(berry, g.) covered with the calyx. Seeds: numerous, 
finall. The petals are often deficient, but fometimes oc¬ 
cur in the fame fpecies.— EJfntial CharaEler. Corolla, 
four-petalled, inferted into the calyx. Calyx, one-leafed, 
plaited, eight-toothed, inferior. Capfule, four-ceiled. 
Species. 1. Ammannia latifolia, or broad-leaved Am- 
mannia : leaves half-ftem-clafping, ftalk fquare, branches 
ere6t. Root annual. It grows about a foot and an half 
high, with an upright fquare ftalk, and long narrow leaves 
in form of a triangle ; thefe grow the whole length of the 
ftem ; they are of a pale green, and the confidence of 
purflane leaves ; the (talks are alfo fucculent, and of the 
fame colour with thofe of that plant. The flowers come 
out in whorls, at the joints where the leaves adhere, in 
clufters. This grows naturally in moift places in Jamaica, 
from whence Dr. Houlton (about 1731) fent the feeds to 
England, which fucceeded at Chelfea, and have thence been 
diftributed to moll of the botanic gardens in Europe. 
2. Ammannia ramolior, or branching Ammonnia : leaves 
half-ftem-clafping, (talk fquare, brandies very fpreading. 
This is an annual plant, growing naturally in Virginia and 
Carolina. It rifes about a foot high, with red fucculent 
ftalks, putting out (ide-branches, which are oppolite, 
round and fimple. The flowers are produced fingle from 
the axils on the lower part of the branches, but toward 
the top they are in clufters ; they have little beauty, and 
therefore are only preferved in botanic gardens for the 
fake of variety. 
3. Ammannia bacciffera, or berry-bearing ammania : 
leaves fub-petiolate, capfules larger than the calyx, and' 
coloured. This is a tender low plant, ered, without 
branches. It is -a native of China, and is now< naturalized ‘ 
in Italy. Having but little beauty, it is rarely preferved 
in gardens. 
4. Ammannia odandra, or eight-ftamened ammannia : 
flowers petaloid, and eight ftamened. Found by Koenig ! 
in the Eaft Indies. 
5. Ammannia pinnatifida, or pinnatifid-leaved amman¬ 
nia: ftalks procumbent, rooting, comprefled, leaves linear, 
pinnatifid. Found by Sonnerat in the i(le of Java. 
6. Ammannia debillis, or chiller-flowered ammannia : 
leaves lanceolate attenuated at the bafe, ftem branching, 
flowers in bundles from the axils, capfules two-celled. 
Annual. Native of the Eaft Indies. Introduced in 177S, 
by Sir Jofeph Banks, bart. It flowers in July and Augufit. 
7. Ammannia fanguinolenta: leaves half-ftem-clafping', 
cordate at the bafe, flowers fubpeduncled, eight-ftamened, 
petal-bearing. Native of Jamaica and Domingq. 
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