The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ana- \An"a-\ [Gr. 'ana` on; in comp., on, up, upwards.]
A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
ana \a"na\ ([=a]"n[.a]), adv. [Gr. 'ana` (used distributively).]
(Med.)
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
contracted, aa) two ounces, [ounceap] ij., that is, of wine
and honey, each, two ounces. --AS
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An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
-ana \-a"na\ (-[=a]"n[.a]). [The neut. pl. ending of Latin
adjectives in -anus.]
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes,
etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of
Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.
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Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.
It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is
worth all the ana of the Continent. --Hallam.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "ana":
Festschrift, adage, album, analects, anthology, aphorism, apothegm,
aquarium, archives, axiom, beauties, biographical material,
biographical records, body, byword, canon, catchword, chrestomathy,
clippings, collectanea, collected sayings, collected works,
collection, compilation, complete works, corpus, current saying,
cuttings, data, delectus, dictate, dictum, distich, epigram,
excerpta, excerpts, expression, extracts, florilegium, flowers,
fragments, fund, garden, garland, gleanings, gnome, golden saying,
government archives, government papers, historical documents,
historical records, holdings, library, life records, maxim,
memorabilia, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, moral, mot, motto,
museum, omnibus, oracle, papers, parish rolls, photograph album,
phrase, pithy saying, posy, precept, prescript,
presidential papers, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs,
public records, quotation book, raw data, saw, saying, scrapbook,
sentence, sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra,
symposium, teaching, text, treasure, verse, wisdom,
wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom,
zoo