ames, itis, prob. m. cf. amentum, a pole or fork, esp. for holding and spreading bird-nets: amites: perticae aucupales, Paul. ex Fest. p. 12 Mull.: aut amite levi rara tendit retia, * Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Pall. Sept. 12.
—Also for bearing a litter or sedan: amites basternarum, Pall. Jun. 2, 3.