Statua ex aere facta est.

Ex aere means out of bronze or made of bronze.

In Latin, ex often means out of or from, and it is commonly used to show the material something is made from. So in this sentence, ex aere tells you what the statue is made of.

English usually says made of bronze, but Latin expresses that idea as made out of bronze.

Because ex takes the ablative case, and aere is the ablative singular of aes.

The noun is:

• aes = bronze, copper, metal

Its forms include:

• nominative: aes
• ablative: aere

So:

• ex aes would be wrong
• ex aere is correct

Aere is ablative singular.

It is ablative because the preposition ex requires the ablative. This is a standard Latin rule:

• ex + ablative

So in ex aere, the noun after ex must be in the ablative case.

Facta est is the perfect passive indicative, third person singular, of facio (make, do).

It is built from:

• facta = the perfect passive participle
• est = is, used here as an auxiliary verb

Together they mean:

• was made
• literally, something like has been made

In normal English for this sentence, was made is the most natural translation.

Because facta agrees with statua, and statua is feminine singular.

The participle must match the noun it describes in:

• gender
• number
• case

So here:

• statua = feminine singular
• therefore facta = feminine singular

If the noun were masculine, you would expect factus.
If it were neuter, you would expect factum.

Not by itself, no.

Although est by itself usually means is, in facta est it is part of a compound verb form. It helps form the perfect passive:

• facta est = was made

So you should understand est here as an auxiliary verb, not as a separate present-tense is.

Because the perfect passive in Latin is normally formed with two parts:

• a perfect passive participle
• a form of sum (to be)

So:

• facta est = was made
• facta erat = had been made
• facta erit = will have been made

This is completely normal in Latin.

The dictionary form is the verb facio, facere, feci, factum.

Facta comes from the perfect passive participle, whose basic form is:

• factus, facta, factum = made

In this sentence, the feminine form facta is used because it agrees with statua.

Yes. That would also mean the statue is bronze or the statue is made of bronze.

There is an adjective:

• aeneus, -a, -um = bronze, made of bronze

So:

• statua ex aere facta est = the statue was made out of bronze
• statua aenea est = the statue is bronze / bronze-made

The version with ex aere emphasizes the material a bit more explicitly.

Yes, it could be different. Latin word order is much freer than English word order.

This sentence could appear in other orders, such as:

• Ex aere statua facta est
• Facta est statua ex aere

The basic meaning would stay the same, though the emphasis might change slightly.

The given order is straightforward and natural:

• statua = the subject
• ex aere = the material
• facta est = the verb

Yes, ex aere is literally out of bronze or from bronze.

Latin often uses ex to express material. English usually prefers:

• made of bronze
• made from bronze

So the languages use slightly different wording, even though the idea is the same.

The main verb facta est is in the perfect tense in Latin, specifically the perfect passive.

That means the action is viewed as completed:

• the statue was made

So the sentence does not mean that the statue is being made right now. It refers to a completed act of making.