ārea ae, f 3 AR-, ground (for a house), a building - site: Ponendae domo quaerenda, H.: Iovis templique eius, L.

— An open space, court, play - ground: campus et areae, H.

— A raceground, O.

—A threshing-floor: Libycae (as prov. of abundance), H.: frumentum ex areā metiri.

— Fig., a field for effort: scelerum.