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āre, v. arefacio.

ārĕa (in inscriptions freq. ARIA, Inscr. Orell. 4130, etc.), ae, f [some comp. ἔραζε = on the ground; Germ. Erde; Engl. earth, hearth; others, as Varro and Festus, connected it with areo, as if pr. dry land, as terra may be connected with torreo; so Bopp and Curt.], a piece of level ground, a vacant place, esp. in the town (syn.: planities, aequor): in urbe loca pura areae, Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll: area proprie dicitur locus vacuus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.: locus sine aedificio in urbe area; rure autem ager appellatur, Dig. 50, 16, 211.

  1. I. Lit., ground for a house, a building-spot: si Ponendae domo quaerenda est area primum, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 13. arearum electio, Vitr. 1, 7, 1: pontifices si sustulerint religionem, aream praeclaram habebimus, Cic. Att. 4, 1 fin.; Liv. 4, 16; 1, 55; Suet. Vesp. 8; Dig. 7, 4, 10 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A vacant space around or in a house, a court (syn. spatium): resedimus in areā domŭs, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 4; so id. ib. 7, 27, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 22, 10; Dig. 43, 22, 1; 8, 2, 1 al.
    2. B. An open space for games, an open play-ground (syn.: campus, curriculum), Hor. C. 1, 9, 18.
      Hence, in gen., a field for effort, etc. (syn.: campus, locus, q. v.), Ov. Am. 3, 1, 26, and trop.: area scelerum, i. e. where vices have full scope, Cic. Att. 9, 18.
      Also, a raceground, Ov. F. 4, 10 (cf. id. ib. 2, 360); and trop., the course of life: vitae tribus areis peractis (i. e. pueritiā, juventute, senectute), Mart. 10, 24.
    3. C. A threshing floor (among the ancients, an open space in the vicinity of the house).
      1. 1. Lit.: neque in segetibus neque in areis neque in horreis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8; Hor. C. 1, 1, 10; id. S. 1, 1, 45; Tib. 1, 5, 22; Vulg. Gen. 50, 10; ib. Isa. 21, 10. Its construction may be learned from Cato, R. R. 91 and 129; Varr. R. R. 1, 51; Verg. G. 1, 178 sqq. Voss; Col. 5, 1, 4; 5, 2, 20; and Pall. 1, 36 al.
      2. 2. Trop., of the body of Christians, as subject to separation, judgment (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Matt. 3, 12; Aug. Ver. Rel. 5.
    4. D. The halo around the sun or moon: tales splendores Graeci areas (i. e. ἅλωνας) vocavere, Sen. Q. N. 1, 2.
    5. E. A bed or border in a garden, Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Col. 11, 3; Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; Pall. 1, 34.
  3. F. A fowling-floor, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 64: aedes nobis area est; auceps sum ego, id. ib. 1, 3, 67.
  4. G. A burying-ground, church-yard, Tert. ad Scap. 3.
  5. H. A bald spot upon the head, baldness, Cels. 6, 4; Mart. 5, 50.

* ārĕālis, e, adj. [area], of or pertaining to a threshing-floor: cribrum, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 166.

Arĕātae, ārum, m., a Sarmatian tribe, also called Arraei, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41.

Ărectaeus, a, um, adj. [from [??], acc. to O. T. Gen. 10, 10, an Assyrio-Babylonian town; cf. Amm. 23, 21], Babylonian: campi, Tib. 4, 1, 142 (al. Areccei).

ārĕ-făcĭo (contr. arfăcĭo, Cato, R. R. 69;

  1. I. per anastrophen, facio are, Lucr. 6, 962; cf. Rudd. II. p. 392), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [areo], to make dry, to dry up (anteclass. and post-Aug.; syn.: sicco, exsicco, coquo, uro), Cato, R. R. 69: principio terram sol excoquit et facit are, * Lucr. 6, 962; Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Vitr. 2, 1; Vulg. Job, 15, 30; ib. Jac. 1, 11.
    Pass.: arefieri in furno, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 32: caulis arefactus, id. 13, 22, 43, § 125; so id. 34, 13, 35, § 133; Cels. 5, 27, n. 7; * Suet. Vesp. 5: arefacta est terra, Vulg. Gen. 8, 14: ficulnea, ib. Matt. 21, 19.
  2. II. Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to wither up, break down: gentem superbam arefecit Deus, Vulg. Eccli. 10, 18: arefacient animam suam, ib. ib. 14, 9.

Ărĕlas, ātis (Ărĕlātē, ēs, Suet. Tib. 4; Aus. Clar. Urb. 8), f., = Ἀρέλαται or Ἀρέλατον, a town in Southern Gaul, on the eastern branch of the Rhone, now Arles, Caes. B. C. 1, 36; cf. Mann. Gall. 96.
Hence, Ărĕlātensis, e, adj., Arelatian: ager, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116; plur., Ărĕlāten-ses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Arelas, Dig. 32, 2, 34.

Ărēmŏrĭcae, v. Armoricae.

ărēna, ae, f., v. harena.

ărēnācĕus, a, um, adj., v. harenaceus.

Ărĕnācum (Ărĕnātium, Tab. Peut.; Hărĕnātium, Itin. Anton.), i, n., a town in Gallia Belgica, now Ærth or Arth, near Herwen, Tac. H. 5, 20 sq.; cf. Ukert, Gall. p. 531.

ărēnārĭus, a, um, adj., v. harenarius.

ărēnātĭo, ōnis, f., v. harenatio.

ărēnātus, a, um, adj., v. harenatus.

ărēnĭ-fŏdīna, ae, f., v. hareni-fodina.

ărēnĭ-văgus, a, um, adj., v. harenivagus.

ărēnōsus, a, um, adj., v. harenosus.

ārens, entis, P. a., from areo.

ărēnŭla, ae, f., v. harenula.

ārĕo, ēre, v. n. [akin to ardere], to be dry (not in Cic.).

  1. I. Lit.: ubi (amurca) arebit, Cato, R. R. 76; 69: uti, quom exivissem ex aquā, arerem tamen, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 50; 2, 7, 18: (tellus) sucis aret ademtis, Ov. M. 2, 211; so id. ib. 15, 268.
  2. II. Trop. of things, to be dried up or withered: arentibus siti faucibus, Liv. 44, 38; so Sen. Ben. 3, 8: fauces arent, Ov. M. 6, 355: aret ager, Verg. E. 7, 57: pars, super quam non plui, aruit, Vulg. Amos, 4, 7: omnia ligna agri aruerunt, ib. Joel, 1, 12; ib. Marc. 11, 21; ib. Apoc. 14, 15.
    Rarely of persons, to languish from thirst: in mediā Tantalus aret aquā, Ov. A. A. 2, 606; so, Sic aret mediis taciti vulgator in undis, id. Am. 3, 7, 51.
    Hence, ārens, entis, P. a.
  1. I. Lit., dry, arid, parched: saxa, Ov. M. 13, 691: arens alveus (fluminis), Vulg. Jos. 3, 17: arva, Verg. G. 1, 110: rosae, id. ib. 4, 268; id. A. 3, 350: harenae, Hor. C. 3, 4, 31: cetera (loca) abrupta aut arentia, * Tac. A. 15, 42.
  2. II. Trop., languishing or fainting from thirst, thirsty: trepidisque arentia venis Ora patent, Ov. M. 7, 556; 14, 277: faux, Hor. Epod. 14, 4.
    Poet. as an epithet of thirst itself: sitis, Ov. H. 4, 174; Sen. Thyest. 5 (cf.: sitis arida, Lucr. 6, 1175; Ov. M. 11, 129).

ārĕŏla (āri-), ae, f. dim. [area].

  1. I. (After area, I.) A small, open place: quae cenatio areolam aspicit, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 21: ARIOLA, Inscr. Grut. 584, 4.
  2. 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.

Ărēŏpăgītes, ae, m., = Ἀρειοπαγίτης, an Areopagite, a member of the court of the Areopagus at Athens (v. Areopagus), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 19 Müll. (Trag. v. 190 Vahl.); Varr. L. L. l. l.; Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 14; id. Balb. 12 fin.; id. Off. 1, 22, 75; id. Div. 1, 25, 54; Vulg. Act. 17, 34; Macr. S. 7, 1.
Hence, † Ărēŏpăgītĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀρειοπαγιτικός, of or pertaining to an Areopagite: gymnasia, Sid. Ep. 9, 9.

Ărēŏpăgus (-ŏs), i, m., = Ἄρειος πάγος, Mars’ Hill at Athens, on which the Areopagus, the highest judicial assembly of the Athenians, held its sessions: Areopagitae ab Areopago: is locus est Athenis, Varr. L. L. 7, § 19 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54; id. Off. 1, 22, 75; Sen. Tranq. 3 fin.; Vulg. Act. 17, 19 sqq. (in Cic. Att. 1, 14 used as a Greek word; in Tac. A. 2, 55, called Areum judicium; and in Juv. 9, 101, Curia Martis; cf. Ov. M. 6, 70).

†† arepennis, is, m. [Gallic; in mod. Fr. arpent = an acre]; syn. with semijugerum, a half acre of ground, Col. 5, 1, 6: arapennis, Isid. Orig. 15, 15, p. 485 Lind.

Ăres, is, m., = Ἄρης, the war-god Mars (in Plaut. jocosely made to correspond with bellator, warrior): si tu ad legionem bellator clues, at ego in culinā Ares, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 54. (For the A, which is always short in Lat., cf. Lucil. ap. Scaur. Orth. p. 2255 P., and Mart. 9, 12, with reference to Hom. Il. 5, 31.)

āresco, ĕre, v. n. inch. [areo], to become dry.

  1. I. Lit.: dum mea (vestimenta) arescunt, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 17: fluvius arescat, Vulg. Job, 14, 11: arescat aqua de mari, ib. Isa. 19, 5: arescente undā, Tac. A. 13, 57: quasi faenum, ita arescet, Vulg. Isa. 51, 12.
    Of tears: cito arescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis, Cic. Part. Or. 17; so id. Inv. 1, 56 fin.
  2. II. Trop., to languish.
    1. A. Of plants, to dry up, wither: nullo modo facilius arbitror posse herbas arescere et interfici, to dry up, Cic. Oecon. ap. Non. p. 450, 1; so Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137: truncus (arboris), Tac. A. 13, 58: vitis, Vulg. Ezech. 17, 9; 17, 10: palmes, ib. Joan. 15, 6: manus (branch), ib. Job, 15, 32.
    2. B. Of persons (eccl. Lat.), to pine away in sickness: (filius meus) stridet dentibus et arescit, Vulg. Marc. 9, 17.
      So, to sink, be overcome, with fear: arescentibus hominibus prae timore, Luc. 21, 26.

Ărestŏrĭdes, ae, m. patr., = Ἀρεστορίδης, son of Arestor, i. e. Argus, Ov. M. 1, 624.

ărĕtālŏgus, i, m., = ἀρεταλόγος, a prattler about virtue, a babbler, boaster; in gen. of a Cynic or Stoic, Suet. Aug. 74 Casaub.: mendax aretalogus, Juv. 15, 16; cf. ethologus.

Ārētē, ēs, f., = Ἀρήτη, the wife of Alcinous, king of the Phœacians, Hyg. Fab. 23.

Ărĕthon, ontis, and Ărĕtho, ōnis, m., = Ἀρέθων, a river in Epirus, Liv. 38, 3 and 4.

Ărĕthūsa, ae, f., = Ἀρέθουσα.

      1. 1. A celebrated fountain near Syracuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53; acc. to the fable, a nymph in the train of Diana, in Elis, pursued by the river-god Alpheus, fled to Sicily, Ov. M. 5, 573 (cf. Pausan. 5, 7); hence it was believed that it flowed under the sea with the Alpheus, and appeared again in Sicily, Verg. E. 10, 4 sqq.; id. A. 3, 694; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 225; 31, 5, 30, § 55; cf. Mann. Ital. II. 325, and Alpheus.
      2. 2. A fountain in Eubœa, Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.
      3. 3. A fountain in Bœotia, Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.
      4. 4. A lake in Armenia Major, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 226 (Jan, Aritissa).
      5. 5. A town in Macedonia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38.
      6. 6. A town in Syria, on the Orontes, now Rustan or Restun, Itin. Anton.
  1. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Ărĕthūsaeus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the fountain Arethusa (in Sicily), Arethusian, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 60.
    2. B. Ărĕthūsis, ĭdis, adj., Arethusian, a poet. epithet for Syracuse, near which was the fountain Arethusa, Ov. F. 4, 873 (cf. id. ib. 5, 7: Aganippis Hippocrene).
    3. C. Ărĕthūsĭus, a, um, adj.
      1. 1. Arethusian; hence poet. for Syracusan: proles, Sil. 14, 356.
      2. 2. Subst.: Ărĕthūsĭi, ōrum, m.
        1. a. The inhabitants of Arethusa, in Macedonia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.
        2. b. The inhabitants of Arethusa, in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 82.

Ārētīnus (Ārr-), a, um, adj.,

  1. I. of or pertaining to the town Aretium: testa, Mart. 1, 54: vasa, id. 14, 98; cf. Müll. Etrusk. 2, 244.
  2. II. Subst.: Ārētīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Aretium, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52.

Ārētĭum (ARRETIVM, Inscr. Orell. 3547 al.), ii, n., a large town in Etruria, now Arezzo, Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160; cf. Müll. Etrusk. 1, 125; 1, 128; 1, 224; 1, 233 al.; Mann. Ital. I. 402.

Ărēus, a, um, adj., = Ἄρειος, pertaining to Mars: judicium, the Areopagus, Tac. A. 2, 55; v. Areopagus.

Armŏrĭcae (later form Arēmŏrĭ-cae, Aus. Ep. 9, 35; id. Prof. 10, 15), ārum, f., = Ἀρμορικαί [ar, Celt. and old Lat., = ar, on, and mor, Celt., = mare], some of the northern provinces of Gaul, Bretagne, with a part of Normandy, Caes. B. G. 5, 53; 7, 75; Hirt. 8, 31; cf. Mann. Gall. 160.

hărēna (better than ărēna, Bramb. s. v. Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, and v. infra), ae, f. [Sabin. fas-ena; from Sanscr. root bhas-, to shine, gleam, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 102].

  1. I. Prop., sand (syn.: sabulum, glarea, suburra): harenae tria genera, Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175: magnus congestus harenae, Lucr. 6, 724; 726: litoris incurvi bibulam pavit aequor harenam, the thirsty sand of the curved shore, id. 2, 376; so, bibula harena, Verg. G. 1, 114 (Rib. and Forbig., but Conington arena): sicca, id. ib. 1, 389: sterilis, id. ib. 1, 70: mollis, Ov. M. 2, 577: opaci omnis harena Tagi, i. e. the gold it was believed to contain, Juv. 3, 55 (cf. Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 115): nivis more incidens, Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 2.
    Poet.: harena nigra, = limus, slime, mud, Verg. G. 4, 292.
    Plur. (postAug.; its use is said by Gell. 19, 8, 3, to have been ridiculed by Cæsar as a verbi vitium): arenae carae, of the golden sands of Pactolus, Ov. M. 11, 88 Merk.: quem (delphina) postquam bibulis inlisit fluctus harenis, id. H. 18, 201: summae cauda verruntur arenae, id. M. 10, 701 Merk.; so id. ib. 2, 456; 865; 11, 231; 499; 15, 268; 279; Stat. S. 4, 3, 23 Queck; Col. 1 praef. 24; but harenae, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47; Verg. G. 2, 106; 3, 350; Hor. C. 3, 4, 31 K. and H.: arenarum inculta vastitas, Sen. Q. N. 1 prol. 8; of the bottom of the sea: furit aestus harenis, Verg. A. 1, 107: aestu miscentur harenae, id. ib. 3, 557.
    Prov.
          1. (α) Quid harenae semina mandas? Ov. H. 5, 115; cf. id. Tr. 5, 4, 48.
          2. (β) Ex incomprehensibili pravitate arenae funis effici non potest, Col. 10 praef. § 4.
          3. (γ) Arena sine calce, said by Caligula of Seneca, because his sentences seem like independent maxims, without connection, Suet. Cal. 53.
          4. (δ) Of vast numbers: sicut arena quae est in litore maris, Vulg. Judic. 7, 12; id. Gen. 22, 17.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. In gen., sand, sands, a sandy place: ut cum urbis vendiderit, tum arenam aliquam emat, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71 B. and K.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. A sandy desert, waste (mostly post-Aug.): cum super Libycas victor penderet arenas, Ov. M. 4, 617; Luc. 2, 417: nigras inter harenas, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 83: Memnonis effigies, disjectas inter et vix pervias arenas, Tac. A. 2, 61.
      2. 2. The shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand: cum mare permotum ventis ruit intus harenam, Lucr. 6, 726: litoream arenam sulcare, Ov. M. 15, 725: doque leves saltus udaeque inmittor arenae, id. ib. 3, 599: multaque perpessae (carinae) Phrygia potiuntur arena, id. ib. 12, 38: sub noctem potitur classis arena, id. ib. 13, 729.
        So sing., Verg. A. 1, 540; 5, 34; 6, 316; 11, 626 al.
      3. 3. The place of combat in the amphitheatre (strewn with sand), the arena: in amphitheatri arena, Suet. Ner. 53; id. Tit. 8: missus in arenam aper, id. Tib. 72; id. Aug. 43: comminus ursos figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena venator, Juv. 4, 100; 2, 144; 8, 206: juvenes in arenam luxuria projecit, Sen. Ep. 99, 13.
      4. 4. Transf.
          1. (α) A combat in the amphitheatre: in harenam se dare, Dig. 11, 4, 5 fin.: operas arenae promittere, Tac. A. 14, 14: in opera scaenae arenaeque edenda, Suet. Tib. 35: scaenae arenaeque devotus, id. Cal. 30.
          2. (β) The combatants in the arena: cum et juris idem (i. e. testandi libertas) contingat harenae, the gladiators have the right, etc., Juv. 6, 217.
      5. 5. Harena urens, volcanic fire, lava: Aetna ingentem vim arenae urentis effudit, Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 1.
  3. III. Trop., the place of combat, scene or theatre of any contest (war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.): civilis belli arena, Flor. 4, 2, 18; 4, 7, 6; cf. id. 3, 21, 1; Luc. 6, 63: in harena mea, hoc est apud centumviros, Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 2.

hărēnācĕus (aren-), a, um, adj., sandy, = harenosus (only in Plin.): terra, Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 43 al.

hărēnārĭus (aren-), a, um, adj. [harena].

  1. I. Prop., of or pertaining to sand: lapis, sandstone (= lapis bibulus of Verg.), Serv. Verg. G. 2, 348.
  2. II. Transf., of or pertaining to the amphitheatre: fera, destined for the arena, Arn. 29, 1.
  3. III. Hence, subst.,
    1. A. hărēnārĭus, i, m.
      1. 1. A combatant in the amphitheatre, a gladiator, Dig. 22, 5, 21; 36, 1, 5; Cod. Just. 3, 27, 11; Petr. 126, 6; Inscr. Orell. 4063 (but cf. Orell. ad loc.).
      2. 2. A teacher of the elements of arithmetic (the figures being drawn in sand), Tert. Pall. 6 (cf. abacus).
    2. B. hărēnā-rĭa, ae (sc. fodina; cf.: aeraria, argentaria, etc.), f., a sand-pit, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23: in arenarias quasdam extra portam Esquilinam perductus occiditur, Cic. Clu. 13, 37 B. and K.
    3. C. hărēnārĭum, ii, n., a sand-pit, Vitr. 2, 4, 2; 6, 11.

hărēnātĭo (aren-), ōnis, f. [id].

      1. 1. Prop., a sanding, plastering with sand.
      2. 2. Transf., a plastering, cementing, Vitr. 7, 3, 9.

hărēnātus (aren-), a, um, adj. [id], sanded, covered or mixed with sand (very rare): calx, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; Inscr. Grut. 207.
As subst.: hărēnātum, i (sc. opus), n., sand-mortar, Vitr. 7, 4; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176 sq.

hărēnĭfŏdīna (aren-), ae, f. [harena-fodio], a sand-pit (late Lat. for harenaria; s. v. harenarius, III. B.), Dig. 7, 1, 13, § 5; 24, 3, 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 7 Müll.

hărēnĭvăgus (aren-), a, um, adj. [harena-vagus], wandering over sands: Cato, Luc. 9, 941.

hărēnōsus (aren-), a, um, adj. [harena], full of sand, sandy: Ladon, Ov. M. 1, 702: terra, id. ib. 14, 82; Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44: litus Libyae, Verg. A. 4, 257: urina, Plin. 23, 3, 36, § 73: lapis harenosior, id. 33, 6, 33, § 101: quod sit harenosissimum subsidat, id. 27, 4, 5, § 20.
As subst.: hărē-nōsum, i, n., a sandy place: quae humi arido atque harenoso gignuntur, Sall. J. 48, 3.
Plur.: hărēnōsa, ōrum, opp. lutosa, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60.

hărēnŭla (aren-), ae, f. dim. [harena], fine sand, a grain of sand, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 24.