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.