arena Copy link Outline 1. ărēna2. pulvis, ĕris, m. (poet.) • arena, i. e. the open space in the centre of the Roman circus: 1. ărēna: Suet.: Juv.: hence fig.: the scene or theatre of any kind of contention: an a. for civil war, civilis belli a., Hor.: Plin. 2. pulvis, ĕris, m. (poet.): they control the chariots in the a., domitant in pulvere currus, Virg. Fig.: the a. of the forum, forensis pulvis, Quint.--Note. For the fig. sense of arena, cf. field (III.).