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“Ananas” listed on page 306 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles Ananas (ănēⁱ·năs, -ā·năs). Also anana.1. The pine-apple plant (Ananassa sativa) or fruit. 1613PurchasPilgr. I. v. xii. 431 Of their fruits Ananas is reckoned one of the best: In taste like an Apricocke, in shew a farre off like an Artichoke, but without prickles, very sweet of sent. 1714MandevilleFab. Bees (1733) II. 219 The first ananas, or pine-apple, that was brought to perfection in England, grew in his garden at Richmond. 1727ThomsonSummer 685 Witness, thou best anâna, thou the pride Of vegetable Life. 1811T. Baldwin (title) Short Practical Directions for the Culture of the Ananas, or Pine-apple Tree. 1841D’IsraeliAmen. Lit. II. 229 had given..England the Virginian tobacco, and perhaps the delicious ananas. 2. An allied West Indian fruit, the Penguin (Bromelia Pinguin). J.
“ananas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
1582, Christophori a Costa Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber, Antverpia, page 70–71:
De Ananas. [...] Eius radix carduo eduli perquam similis est, sed & folia non sunt disparia, tametsi ad Ananas siluestris folia magis acedant. [...] De Ananas siluestri. Ananas siluestris descriptio. Altius assurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur: [...] [Note: Here the word is indeclinable (in the singular).]
1651, Ioh. (= Joannes) Bauhinus and Ioh. Hen. (= Joannes Henricus) Cherlerus, Uniuersalis Plantarum Historiae = Historia plantarum uniuersalis, noua, et absolutissima, cum consensu et dissensu circa eas. Tomus III, Ebrodunum, page 95–96 (the book has pictures):
Acosta Ananas historiam nunc adscribamus. [...] Ananas fructus est [...] Ananas siluestris, folio aloes fructu Cupressino. [picture] Altius alsurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur:
1704, Joannes Raius, Historiae Plantarum tomus tertius, London, section 665, pages 638–639:
Ad Cap. De Ananas. 1. Ananas sylv. non spinosa [...] 2. Ananas sylvestris Brasiliana [...] Ananas vulgaris habet spinas ad margines foliorum omnes sursum tendentes. [..] 3. AnanasAmericana sylvestris altera minor, nostratibus Barbados & Jamaicae insularum colonis Pinguin dicta Pluk. Almag. Botan. T. 258. F. 4. [...] [...] cum Anana sylvstri Acosta [Note: Here the word is feminine and both indeclinable (in the singular) and of the first declension.]
1732, Johannes Jacobus Dillenius, Plantarum rariorum horti elthamensis tomus alter, which followed Hortus elthamensis seu Plantarum rariorum (London, 1732), page 320–321 (the book has pictures):
Pinguin nomine passim in Hortis Curiosorum & in Insulis Anglorum Americanis nota est haec planta, quae folia, modum nascendi & faciem cum Anana communem habet [...] Porro corona foliosa, quam Ananas gerit, huic generi deest: foliorum aculei rigidiores sunt, majores & minus, ac in Anana, crebri. [...] E mediis foliis scapus exit crassus, unciali & sesquiunciali diametro praeditus, teres, brevior & robustior, quam Ananae, minus etiam nudus, dictis foliis rubentibus, ad basim squamatim eum amplectenibus, cinctus, e quo dein superiora versus aliae squamae breviores, latae, membranaceae, exsuccae, obsolete albidae progrediuntur, & ex harum sinu flores & embryones in spicam pyramidatam digesti nascuntur, pediculo communi crasso brevi insidentes, inferius plures, tres, quatuor & quinque, superius pauciores, gemini & tandem solitarii. [...] De eo mihi constat, esse plantam, quae vocatur Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, Barbados & Insulae Jamaicae nostratibus colonis Pinguin dicta Pluken. Alm. p. 29. Tab. 258. f. 4. quae figura ad juniorem plantam minore quantitate facta est sine floribus, nec aliam ejus vel cum, vel fine floribus iconem prostare memini. [Note: Here the word is of the first declension.]
The feminine gender could belong to the indeclinable noun ananas only. Latin first declension nouns ending in -ās (genitive -ae) usually are borrowed from Ancient Greek and are masculine in Latin and Ancient Greek (compare Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension). By analogy the declinable noun ananas could be masculine too (like translingual Ananasm, Modern Greek ανανάςm(ananás), French ananasm, Italian ananasm, Portuguese ananásm, Spanish ananásm).
Declension
Indeclinable or first declension Greek. When declinable:
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).
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The tiredness hadn't hit me yet, so we decided to stop by for a bit at Acorn Creative Management and discuss my material. We're going to go down to Bernard's farm for an evening supper. – Some real devils worked there.
^ Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (28.07.2020) “ANANAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]