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ANANAS, in botany, the name of a genus of plants, of which father Plumier gives the following characters. The flower is compofed of one leaf and is of the funnel faihioncd kind, divided into three fegments at the edge, and having the tuber- cles of the embryo fruit for its bafe ; this embryo finally be- comes a flefliy fruit, very juicy and of a turbinated form, in which are lodged many fmall feeds of a kidney-like lhape, covered with their calyptrae. See Pine-Apple. The fpecies of Ananas enumerated by Mr. Tournefort are thefe.

1. The prickly Ananas, with an oval fruit with white pulp.

2. The prickly Ananas, with a pyramidal fruit and yellow pulp- And, 3. The finooth or not prickly Ananas, called pitta. Tournef Inft. p. 659.

The method of preparing the Ananas, as pra&ifed by the Americans, is to pare it, flice it, put it in a veflel well clofed, and fufpend it in a kettle of water over the fire, by which means the juice iflues fpontaneoufly, and in the boil- ing lofes all its crudities. Worm. Muf. p. 185. Pomet, Hilt, des Drog. 1. 7. c. 49. Burggr. Lex. Med. T. 1. p, 647. Tiemcroth a and Lochner b have given difTertations exprefs concerning the Ananas. — [ 3 Din", de Planta & Fruitu Ananas Erf 1723. b Comment de Ananafa, fiveNuce Indies Pinea, vulgo Pinhas, Norimh. 1716. 4'. AnExtra&of it is given in jour des Scav. T, 62. p. 180. feq.] ANANCITIS, in natural hiftory, a kind of figured ftone, or gem, famous among the antients for its magical ufe in raffing the image of the gods. Msrcat. Metalloth. Arm. 9. c. 57. The word is alfo written Ananchitls, avo^/hf, but more pro- perly avayxilif.

It is formed from mayy^, force, neceflity, alluding to its con- ftraining the gods to appear.

The Ananchis appears to be the fame with the ftone other- wife called Synochitis, celebrated for its virtue in ' railing the fhadows of the infernal gods..

The Ananchis is of an elegant figure; if makes an hemi- fphere finely furrowed all over. Its figure and defcription may be feen in Mercatus.

ANANDRI, Avot^oi, in antient writers, is applied to virgins, or thofe who have not known man. Caft. Lex. Med. p. 44. In this fenfe Anandri ftands contradiftinguifhed from Andrumts, A»fyxp-zi, thofe who have had commerce with men.

ANANISABTA, or Ananisapta, a magical word frequently found inferibed on coins and other amulets, fuppofed to have a virtue of preferving the wearer from the plague. V. Mifc. Lipf.T. 5. p. 284. Obf. 115.

Serpilius thinks it has been formed from a mifunderftanding of the word g-«G»«%9«», ufed by our Saviour in his agony on the crofs. Hence alfo this infeription is fometimes found to accompany pretended pieces of the true crofs. In fome in- ftances the order of the letters is tranfpofed, and in lieu of Ananifabta written Inana Sabta.

M. Lyonet, phyfician of the king of France, Harts another explication of Ananifabta. He fuppofes it a kind of abrevia-

. ture, formed of the initial letters of the words, Antidotus Nazareni Auferat Noxam Intoxication'n, SanEl'ificct Atimcnta, Pocula Trinitas Alma. But this is mere conjecture. A later writer has with equal probability, difcovered after the fame manner another meaning in the word, applicable to M, Ly- onet himfelf; Attulit Nequaquam Ananifabta Noftra Innaiam Significationem A Pejiis Tempore Alicnam.

ANAP/ESTIC, or Anapaest, is fometimes ufed in a fubftan- tive fenfe.

Such is the Anap&Jlus Ariflophan&us, in Cicero, which is a verfe confining of eight feet, as

Axena Ponti per freta Colchos deniqtte delaius adhafi.

Vid. Cic. in Orat. c. 56. Faber, Thef. in voc. Anapaftus. This is otherwife called Anapesjlus Oftonarius.

Anapaestic, in an adje&ive fenfe, fomcthing relating to, or compofed of Anapafts. Sec Anapaest, Cycl. ■

Anapaestic kind, Genus Anapafticum, is a fort of verfe com- ■ pofed of pure Ariftophanic or Parthenaic Anapafts. Anapafticvcvfes are either Ariftophanic or Pindaric. Anapa/ticus Artftophanius, called alfo Parthcnaicus, confifts of three Ana- pa/is, and one long fyllable, but fo as that inftead of the firft two Anapafts as many fpondees may be ufed. Scalig. Poet. I, 2. c. 36. Groff. Inft. P. 5. Sec. 1. c. 2. §. 19.

Its type Hands thus •VI) — J <vv — I VI) — J v

— 1 — 1 1-

Vement cito Sacula quumjam Socius cator ojfa revij'et Animataque fangidne vivo Habitacula prijlina geftet Lacrymas fufpendhe cuncli Mors btcc reparatto vita eft. Bona,

Pindaric Anapafi admits, in the firft region, either of an Anapaft or a fpondee; in the fecond, only of an Anapaft \ in the third, of an Anapaji or a fpondee j in the fourth, either of . a fpondee or a trochee. Suppl. Vol. I.

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Infumma pericula venturi Multos timor ipfe mali mitiit. ANAPHORA {Cycl.) is ufed, in theantient medicine, for the ret jection of matter by the mouth. Foes. CEcon. Hippoc. p c6* CaJt.Lex. Med. in voc.

Hence alfo we meet with the term Anaphorlci, Awip of ,«,, ufed for thofe labouring under an haemoptye, who bring up blood from the lower part by the mouth. Gorr. Dd. Med. in voc Anaphora among eccjefiaftical writers, denotes the hoft of fpecies offered m the eucharift. Du Cange, Glofs. Gra:c. in

VOC. Avatyogx.

Anaphora is alfo ufed to denote the rebearfing a perfon's namefrom the diptychs in the liturgy. Id.ib. See Diptych.

Anaphora is alfo a title given to thofe little Syriac liturgies, wherein are contained the prayers after the Ofculum Pads, Ignatius patriarch of the Marionites enumerates forty of thefe Anaphora:. Le Brun, ap. Bibl. Franc. T. 9. p. 100.

Anaphora, in aftrology, denotes the fecond houfe, or that part of heaven which is thirty degrees diftant from the horofcope. Bud. de AiTe, 1. 1. p. I2 o.

The term Anaphora is alfo fometimes promifcuoufly applied to fome of the fucceeding houfes ; as the fecond, fifth, cightbj and eleventh. In this fenfe Anaphora amounts to the lame with Epanaphora, and Hands oppofed to Cataphora. See Cataphora.

Anaphora is alfo applied by fome to the oblique afcenfionsof the ftaxs. Vital. Lex. Math, in voc.

ANAPHRODISlAdenotes impotency in rcfpe£rof venery. Some alfo ufe it for a want of defire or inclination to the fex. Bonet. Medic.feptent. 1. 3. Sec. 33. c. 7. Caft. Lex. Med. p. 45. In this fenfe, the academic's Nature Curiofi give an extraor- dinary inftance of this kind, in a peifon otherwife healthy androbiift. Ephem. Acad. N. C. Dec. 1. an. 8. Obf. 94.

ANAPHYSEMATA, in fome antient writers, denotes winds ifluing from under ground, at the clefts or appertures thereof. Apul. de Mund. ap. Vital. Lex. Math. p. 39. Thefe are fometimes called by later writers Apsgah

ANAPLASIS, in medicine, the complcat reflitutionof a broken bone, fo as the two ends meet and clofe exactly together *,

This is the fame with what is otherwife called Diaplafs b

[ a Caft. Lex ; Med. p. 45. b V. Foes. CEcon. Hippoc. p. 5 1. J

ANAPLEROSIS, in the general fenfe, denotes repletion. Anaplerofis is more particularly ufed in medicine, to denote •that part of fiirgery, whereby things wanting are fupplied. Cqft. Lex. Med. p. 45.

In which fenfe, Anapicrcfn amounts to the fame with what we otherwife call appofitioii. Barbet. Chirurg. P. 1. c. 1

Anaplerosis, in the civil law, is a name which fome give to the four laft books of Juilinian's code. V. Tour, des Scav. T. 30. p. 76S.

ANAPODOPHYLLON, Duchfooi, or May-Apple, in botany, the name of a genus of plants, the characters of which are thefe. The flower is of the rofacecus kindj confiding of feveral petals difpofed in a circular form ; from the center of the flower arifes a.piftil which is afterwards a fruit, or feed- veflel of an oval form, uiiicapfular, and containing fmall roundifli feeds.

The fpecies of Anapodophylhn enumerated by Mr. Tourne- fort are thefe.

1. The Canada Anapodophylhn of Morinus. And, 2. The Canada Anapodophylhn, with leaves like thofe of the Ricinus* Tournef. Inft. p. 239.

This plant is propagated by parting the roots in Auguft, after the green leaves decay.

ANARGYRUS, Am^yupt, in antient writers, denotes a per- fon without money, tho' otherwife fufficiently accommodated with land and other effecls. Suid. in voc. In a like fenfe, we fometimes alfo meet with the word Anar~ gyrla, ufed by lawyers for the condition of a perfon without ready money.

Mart, Phil. Fabricius has a difTertation exprefs de exceptions Anargyrite. Argent. 1666. 4.

Anargyri, in ecclefiaftical hiftory, is an appellation given to certain faints in the Greek church, who having been phyfi- CianSj gave not only their advice, but their remedies^ gratis. — * They are alfo called Argenilnopes. Meurs 5c Du Cange, Glofl". Grsec. & Suic. Thef. in voc. Ava^yv^.

ANARRAPHE, in furgery, denotes a kind of future or re- traction of the upper eye-lid^ when relaxed and hanging over the eye. Woolhoufe, ap. Ephem. Acad. N. C. Cent. 5, app. p. 142. feq.

This is by fome alfo called Sutura blcpharica, by others ab- breviate, contraclio, colleclio, or fufpenfto fuperioris palpe- bra.—\t is ufed in the phalangitis, ptofis, or cbalafk ; where the fight is obftru£ted, by a prolapfus of the part, or the eye-lid itfelf is too thick befet with briftly hairs both within, and without. AN ARCHI, Ata^oi, in antiquity, a name given by the Athenians to four fupernumerarydaysin their year, during which they had no maginTates„

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