ārea

ārea

Of disputed etymology:

• Either from Proto-Italic *āzeā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-e-yeh₂, from *h₂eHs- (“to burn”) (whence āreō, ārā),
• Or from Proto-Italic *āreā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂r-e-yeh₂, from *h₂eh₂rh₃- (“threshing tool”) (cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ḫaḫḫar, “rake, threshing tool”)), resultative reduplicated noun from verb *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.re.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.re.a]

Noun

ārea f (genitive āreae); first declension

1. a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town)
2. ground for a house, a building-spot
3. (figuratively) a vacant space around or in a house, a court
4. (figuratively) an open space for games, an open play-ground
5. (figuratively) a threshing floor
6. (figuratively) the halo around the sun or moon
7. (figuratively) a bed or border in a garden
8. (figuratively) a fowling-floor
9. (figuratively) a burying-ground, church-yard
10. (figuratively) a bald spot upon the head, baldness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ārea	āreae
genitive	āreae	āreārum
dative	āreae	āreīs
accusative	āream	āreās
ablative	āreā	āreīs
vocative	ārea	āreae