ANA

A termination of the neuter plural form in Latin. used in English and French to denote anecdotes of eminent persons, or selections from their works. The first ot the French collections termed ''Ana," and from whicli thai denomination originated, is the Vales i an a; containing detached observations on pa ages of cla ical antiquity by the celebrated scholar Valois, or Valesius: it appeared a! Paris in 1605. The Menagiana, (Paris, 1715) Es a more amusing work, consisting of anecdotes, criticisms, and miscellaneous observations on all po ible buted to the academician Menage. The popularity of this work produced a multitude of other " Ana:" among whicli may be mentioned the Iluetiana, 1723; the S< Thuana, Poggiana, and a variety of similar hooks, consisting of extracts from the works of distinguished writers, or of thoughts or sayings attributed to them. Ana, or AA (contracted from ana). In Medical prescriptions, implies "of each." [s. 56]