areola

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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