Area
Any open space (
purus locus).
1.
A site
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Area before a Sepulchre. (Villa Corsini, Rome.)
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for a building.
2.
The site of a house pulled down in consequence of its owner's treason and devoted to
religious uses (
Ad Att. iv. 1, 2).
3.
An open space in front of a temple, house, sepulchre, or public building.
4.
A market-place.
5.
A threshing-floor (
ἁλῶς).