ārĕŏla (āri-), ae, f. dim. [area].
I (After area, I.) A small , open place : quae cenatio areolam aspicit, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 21: ARIOLA, Inscr. Grut. 584, 4.—
II (After area, II. E.) A small garden-bed , garden , or cultivated place , Col. 10, 362; 11, 2, 30: areolae aromatum, Vulg. Cant. 5, 13; 6, 1; ib. Ezech. 17, 7.