Word
Odor panis e culina venit, et infans ridet.
Meaning
The smell of bread comes from the kitchen, and the baby laughs.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Odor panis e culina venit, et infans ridet.
et
and
panis
the bread
venire
to come
ridere
to laugh
Questions & Answers about Odor panis e culina venit, et infans ridet.
Why is panis translated as of bread here, not just bread?
Because panis is in the genitive here, giving the idea of bread.
So:
- odor = smell
- panis = of bread
Together, odor panis means the smell of bread.
This is a very common Latin pattern: one noun followed by a genitive noun.
Examples of the same idea:
- villa agricolae = the farmer’s house
- amor patriae = love of country
- odor panis = smell of bread
With panis, the nominative singular and genitive singular happen to look the same, so you have to tell from context which one it is.
What case is odor?
Odor is nominative singular.
It is the subject of venit, so it is the thing that comes:
- Odor ... venit = The smell ... comes
Even though English might sometimes prefer the smell is coming, Latin simply uses the present tense venit.
Why is it e culina and not just culina?